Earl's Hill

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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:	3/3
Soils:	peaty podzols, humus-iron pods, some peat and peaty gleys
Vegetation:	Moist Atlantic heather moor
Altitude:	380m a.s.l.
Rainfall:	1300mm