Trace element distribution in the superficial deposits of Northern Derbyshire,England |
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Authors: | Cynthia V Burek BSc MSc PhD FGS John M Cubitt BSc PhD FGS |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, Syracuse University, 13210 Syracuse, N.Y., USA |
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Abstract: | In an area of marginal farming, trace element distribution associated with lead, fluorite and baryte mineralization is important to the farmer because of the high infertility rate of the livestock and contamination of plant produce leading to the subsequent failure of the farming economy. Therefore sampling of superficial sediments was undertaken over the mineralized Carboniferous Limestone of North Derbyshire above the medieval lead and the modern fluorite workings. Twenty-seven elements were analyzed using emission spectrophotometry and subsequently compared with the geochemistry of the underlying bedrock. Discrepancies which occur are attributed to the glacial and periglacial action during the Wolstonian and Devensian glacial episodes. |
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