Journal of Coastal Zone Management

Temitope D. Timothy Oyedotun

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• Research Article
  Historical Mining Signatures: Geochemical and Mineralogical Evaluation of Sediments in three Coastal–Estuarine Systems
  Author(s): Temitope D. Timothy OyedotunTemitope D. Timothy Oyedotun
  
  The X-ray fluorescence (XRF) of the inter-tidal sediments in Hayle, Gannel and Camel estuaries in southwest England’s coasts are examined here to evaluate and compare the broad geochemistry of each of the three systems. The total base cation content (Na, Mg and K) of the samples in all of the estuaries is 5% while the Ca is ~>20%. In terms of sub-environment significance, the estuarine and inlet sediments of Hayle exhibit a high content of Ca than the coastal/beach samples while both the Gannel’s estuarine and beach samples exhibit ~25% of Ca composition. There is high variation in the dimension of Ca in the different sub-environments sampled in Camel estuary (outerestuary – 25-28%, mid-estuary - ~20%, inner – 30%). The Al and Fe contents in all of the sites are below 2% except in Camel where Al is around 3.5%. There clear difference in the percentage of com.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2473-3350.1000432

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