Airborne Particulate Matter (PM10) in the China Clay Area, Cornwall, UK
- Parsons, B.
- Salter, L.
- Coe, Timothy Daniel
- Mathias, R.
- Jones, Timothy Peter
- Richards, Roy J.
DOIAbstract
Work was undertaken in 1997 as part of a UK government programme to monitor air quality in the Cornish china clay area. These studies showed that concentrations of airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <10 μm (PM10) did not exceed UK National Air Quality Strategy (NAQS, 1995) guidelines but were, however, greater than those normally associated with rural areas. Subsequently, in the summer of 2000, airborne dust sampling was conducted at three sites around the IMERYS (formerly ECCI) Kernick mica dam, a potential source of resuspended airborne particulates from china clay waste minerals. Analytical scanning electron microscopy examination of the collected material suggested that up to 61% of the airborne PM10 monitored next...
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