The flux of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in mining
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G. Merrington; B. J. Alloway
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Article
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1994
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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The monitoring of heavy metal deposition onto soils surrounding old Pb-Zn mines in two locations in the UK has shown that relatively large amounts of Cd, Pb, Zn and, in one case, Cu are entering the soil annually. Small particles of ore minerals in windblown mine tailings were found to be contributi