Afton Reservoir

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Trends in Pollution of Scottish Soils

Trends in
Pollution of Scottish Soils
Introduction
Scottish Soil Transects - 1990
Radiocaesium
PAHs
PCBs
Heavy Metals
Cadmium
Copper
Zinc
Lead
Nickel
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Transect:	4/3
Soils:	Peaty podzols, peaty gleys, some rankers, brown forest soils
Vegetation:	White Bent grassland/common flying Bent bog
Altitude:	487m a.s.l.
Rainfall:	2200mm