Burgess, A;
Appleby, P;
Piliposian, G;
Turner, S;
Rose, N;
Bennion, H;
(2007)
Palaeoecological study of South Milton Ley, South Devon.
(ECRC Research Report
110
).
UCL Environmental Change Research Centre: London, UK.
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Abstract
1. Attend South Milton Ley and obtain 6 sediment cores from 3 different areas of the ley to investigate the impact of discharges from the sewage treatment works (STW). 2. From each of the 3 locations, extrude one master core at appropriate intervals and describe its stratigraphy. 3. From each of the 3 locations, measure the dry weight and organic matter content of selected levels of the master core. 4. Date the master core from each of the 3 locations to provide a chronology of the ley sediments using radiometric dating methods and/or spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCPs). 5. Analyse the diatom assemblages in five to ten samples from selected depths of each master core. 6. Apply a diatom-phosphorus transfer function to the diatom assemblages of each master core to reconstruct total phosphorus concentrations and in turn determine the nutrient loading history of the ley. 7. Produce a summary report of the findings.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Palaeoecological study of South Milton Ley, South Devon |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/research/research-centr... |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112941 |
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