Peat Law

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Peat Law

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:	4/6
Soils:	humus-iron podzols
Vegetation:	Dry Atlantic heather moor/dry boreal heather moor
Altitude:	411m a.s.l.
Rainfall:	825mm