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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Metals; 1.2 Metals and Humans; 1.3 Sources and Global Cycles of Metals; 1.4 Trace Metals and Living Organisms; 1.5 Pollution Hazard and Environmental Regulation; 2 Metals and Mining; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Geological Origin of Metal Ores; 2.3 Ores; 2.3.1 Tin; 2.3.1.1 Cassiterite; 2.3.1.2 Stannite; 2.3.2 Copper; 2.3.2.1 Chalcopyrite; 2.3.2.2 Chalcocite; 2.3.2.3 Malachite; 2.3.2.4 Azurite; 2.3.2.5 Cuprite; 2.3.2.6 Tenorite; 2.3.3 Arsenic; 2.3.3.1 Arsenopyrite; 2.3.4 Lead; 2.3.4.1 Galena |
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2.3.4.2 Other Lead Ores2.3.5 Zinc; 2.3.5.1 Sphalerite; 2.3.5.2 Smithsonite, Hemimorphite and Calamine; 2.3.6 Silver; 2.3.6.1 Argentiferous Galena; 2.3.6.2 Acanthite; 2.3.7 Iron; 2.3.7.1 Pyrite; 2.3.7.2 Other Iron Ores; 2.3.8 Manganese; 2.3.8.1 Pyrolusite; 2.3.9 Tungsten; 2.3.9.1 Wolframite; 2.3.9.2 Scheelite; 2.3.10 Antimony; 2.3.10.1 Antimonite, Jamesonite and Bournonite; 2.3.11 Cobalt, Nickel and Molybdenum; 2.3.12 Uranium; 2.3.13 Gold; 2.3.14 Aluminium; 2.3.14.1 Bauxite; 2.4 Geographical Distribution of Ores and Mining Districts; 2.4.1 Cornwall and Devon; 2.4.2 Pennines; 2.4.3 Wales |
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2.4.4 Scotland2.4.5 Other Mining Regions; 2.5 History of Mining for Metals in the British Isles; 2.5.1 Bronze Age and Iron Age; 2.5.2 Roman Britain; 2.5.3 The Middle Ages; 2.5.3.1 Pennines; 2.5.3.2 Cornwall and Devon; 2.5.3.3 Lake District; 2.5.3.4 Scotland and Wales; 2.5.3.5 Iron; 2.5.4 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; 2.5.4.1 Lake District; 2.5.4.2 Cornwall and Devon; 2.5.4.3 Pennines; 2.5.4.4 Scotland; 2.5.4.5 North Wales, Staffordshire and the Mendips; 2.5.4.6 Iron; 2.5.5 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; 2.5.5.1 Cornwall and Devon; Copper; Tin; Arsenic; Lead, Silver and Zinc |
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Other Metals2.5.5.2 Pennines; 2.5.5.3 Wales; 2.5.5.4 Scotland; 2.5.5.5 Lake District; 2.5.5.6 Shropshire, Staffordshire and Somerset; 2.5.5.7 Isle of Man; 2.5.5.8 Ireland; 2.5.5.9 Iron; 2.5.6 Twentieth Century Forwards; 2.5.6.1 Cornwall and Devon; 2.5.6.2 Pennines; 2.5.6.3 Lake District; 2.5.6.4 Wales; 2.5.6.5 Scotland; 2.5.6.6 Ireland; 2.5.6.7 Aluminium Smelting; 2.5.6.8 Avonmouth; 2.5.7 Conclusions; 3 Biology of Trace Metals; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Evolution and Trace Metals; 3.3 Uptake of Trace Metals; 3.4 Bioavailability; 3.4.1 Dissolved Bioavailability; 3.4.2 Effects of Physiology |
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3.4.3 Bioavailability from Food3.4.4 Uptake from Sediments; 3.5 Accumulation; 3.5.1 Metabolic Requirements for Essential Trace Metals; 3.5.2 Detoxification; 3.5.3 Accumulation, Detoxification and Toxicity; 3.5.4 Accumulation Patterns; 3.5.5 Biodynamic Modelling; 3.5.6 Food Chains and Trace Metals; 3.5.7 Significance of Bioaccumulated Trace Metal Concentrations; 3.6 Biomonitors; 3.7 Biomarkers; 3.7.1 Community Effects; 3.8 Tolerance; 4 Terrestrial Environment; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Metal Concentrations in Soils; 4.2.1 Mining Sites; 4.2.2 Smelter and Refinery Sites |
| Summary |
Without trace metals there would be no life, yet trace metals can eliminate life. Where, why and so what? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2018) |
| Subject |
Metals -- Environmental aspects -- British Isles
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Metals -- Environmental aspects
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Europe -- British Isles
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108658423 |
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1108658423 |
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9781108566322 |
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1108566324 |
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