1. Editorial

   • B. E. Davies

   EditorialNotes Pages: 58 - 58

2. Guest editorial

   • John G. Farmer

   EditorialNotes Pages: 58 - 58

3. Isotopic ratios of lead in contemporary environmental material from Scotland

   • C. L. Sugden
   • J. G. Farmer
   • A. B. MacKenzie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

4. Ombrotrophic peat as a medium for historical monitoring of heavy metal pollution

   • Jennifer M. Jones
   • Jicheng Hao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 74

5. Identification and apportionment of sources of lead in human tissue

   • H. T. Delves
   • M. J. Campbell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 84

6. Chemistry and adsorption-desorption properties of manganese oxides deposited in Forehill Water Treatment Plant, Grampian, Scotland

   • Mark Eley
   • Keith Nicholson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 91

7. Identification of Mn-oxide minerals in some soils from Devon, UK, and their varying capacity to adsorb Co and Cu

   • Henrietta M. Lidiard
   • Joy E. Rae
   • Andrew Parker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 104

8. Influence of soil-extractable aluminium and pH on the uptake of aluminium from soil into the soybean plant (Glycine max)

   • Deming Dong
   • Iain Thornton
   • Michael H. Ramsey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 111

9. The use of³⁵S to study sulphur cycling in forests

   • J. N. Cape

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

10. Influence of uraniferous black shales on cadmium, molybdenum and selenium in soils and crop plants in the Deog-Pyoun-g area of Korea

    • Kyoung-Woong Kim
    • Iain Thornton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 133

11. Arsenic, antimony and bismuth in soil and pasture herbage in some old metalliferous mining areas in England

    • Xiangdong Li
    • Iain Thornton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 144

12. Radon in soil gas and its relationship with some major faults of SW England

    • N. R. Varley
    • A. G. Flowers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 151

13. Distribution and behaviour of radiocaesium in Scottish freshwater loch sediments

    • C. L. Bryant
    • J. G. Farmer
    • A. Kirika

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 161

14. Evidence for the remobilisation of transuranic elements in the terrestrial environment

    • Andrew S. Hursthouse
    • Francis R. Livens

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 171

15. Sellafield waste radionuclides in Irish sea intertidal and salt marsh sediments

    • Angus B. MacKenzie
    • Roger D. Scott

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 184

16. Sequential extraction method: a review and evaluation

    • Jennifer M. Jones
    • Jicheng Hao

    Abstracts Pages: 185 - 185

17. The determination of fluoride in water in the presence of organic acids and iron using a fluoride-selective electrode

    • Keith Nichoison
    • Christophe Pasquier

    Abstracts Pages: 185 - 186

18. Sedimentary geochemistry of Lake Daviumbu, part of the Fly River system, Papua New Guinea: impact of upstream copper-gold mining

    • Keith Nicholson
    • N. V. C. Polunin
    • P. L. Osborne

    Abstracts Pages: 186 - 187

19. Relative abundance of radon-222 and radon-220 in soil gas in Northamptonshire and a preliminary assessment of indoor radon risk potential

    • G. Sharman

    Abstracts Pages: 187 - 187