Ecological and sedimentological studies on china clay waste deposits in Mevagissey Bay, Cornwall

Prior to 1973, the St Austell china clay industry discharged fine grade waste into local rivers which carried the waste into Mevagissey Bay, Cornwall. The clay waste, a mica and quartz rich silt buried a marine shell gravel substrate by up to 2 metres. The china clay waste and natural sediments on t...

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Main Author: Knight, Alan Paul
Published: Royal Holloway, University of London 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246652