HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGIES OF SEDIMENTATION AND HEAVY-METAL CONTAMINATION IN STRANGFORD LOUGH, NORTHERN IRELAND.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Strong, J. A.; Service, M.
- Source
- Biology & Environment; Sep2008, Vol. 108B Issue 2, p109-126, 18p, 4 Charts, 9 Graphs
- Subject
- SEDIMENTATION & deposition
SEDIMENT control
HEAVY metal toxicology
METAL analysis
- Language
- ISSN
- 07917945
The article presents a study on sedimentation and heavy-metal contamination chronologies in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, clear spikes in the mass accumulation of sediment were found. These periods of sedimentation corresponded with the periods of change in particle-size parameters in two cores. Wind speeds and rainfall were also found to be above average for this period. Also discussed are the heavy-metal analysis of most metals and the influence of anthropogenic activities on sedimentation.