Impact of historical metal mining on the R. Swale catchment

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Impact of historical metal mining on the R. Swale catchment

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Dennis, I. D. (2005). The impact of historical metal mining on the river Swale catchment, North Yorkshire, U.K. Unpublished Phd Thesis, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Abstract

This investigation examines the impact of historical metal mining on the River Swale catchment, North Yorkshire, U.K. Approximately 550,000 tonnes of Pb were extracted from mines in the Swale catchment during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Mining and processing operations were relatively inefficient, leading to the discharge of large quantities of metal-rich sediment into the fluvial system. The primary aim of this thesis is to assess the physical and chemical impacts of the discharge of metals from historical mining activities on the River Swale catchment as a whole. The dispersal, storage and transfer of metal-rich sediment in formerly mined tributaries, floodplain and flood sediments are evaluated, and the environmental consequences of mining are assessed.

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