The selenium content of Welsh soils with special reference to bedrock and contamination from sulphide ores |
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Authors: | Brian E Davies BSc PhD CChem FRSC Nicola J Houghton BSc MSc |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University College of Wales, SY23 3DB Penglais, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, Wales, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper describes a survey of total selenium contents of surface soil samples in Wales. Samples were collected from three areas: over Silurian shales where deficiences in sheep have been reported, in an area severely affected by pollution from lead mining and in an area where black, marine shales outcrop. Selenium levels were low over the Silurian shales but high in the other two areas. Statistical analysis of the data permitted the separating out of a basal range of selenium values low enough to account for the reports of deficiences in sheep. Some selenium values were high enough to suggest the possibility of selenosis in sheep. |
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