Abstract
As part of a baseline study for the Joint Monitoring Group, sediment samples were collected around England and Wales during 1990/1991. The concentrations of lead, zinc, chromium and aluminium were measured in the < 2 mm fraction of the sediments. After normalization, concentrations of lead, zinc and chromium were found to be higher near the coast than offshore. Lead and zinc concentrations were found to be notably elevated near the north-east coast of England, an area which receives both industrial inputs and erosion products from the mineralized areas of the Pennine Hills. Relatively high chromium concentrations were found not only near the coast but also, for reasons which at present are unclear, at the Dogger Bank.
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