Acid Waters in Wales pp 1-9 | Cite as
Introduction to Welsh studies
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Abstract
It is now over a century since acid precipitation was first studied in Britain11 but it is only in recent years that it has been recognised to have widespread impact. As a result of a doubling of the consumption of fossil fuels in Europe between 1940 and 1970, there has been a large increase in the emissions of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen. Together with changes in emmission strategy, this had led to an increase in the amount of acidity deposited in areas remote from major sources. Where soils and rocks offer little buffering capacity, this deposition has resulted in the acidification of surface waters and major ecological changes.15
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Aluminium Concentration Acid Neutral Ising Capacity Study Catchment Silurian Shale Stream Water Chemistry
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