This paper deals with archaeological prospection of an Iron Age farm site in Toland, Fresta parish, Uppland County in Sweden. The purpose of the paper has been to see whether the geophysical methods applied (GPR & EM-38) could produce useful results that could motivate its use in similar surveys in the future. Geochemistry has been used for the purpose of identifying possible activity areas on the site. The results have shown that it is possible with a GPR survey to identify postholes originating from the Migration Period longhouse at the site. The combining of several methods have been important for the identification and interpretation of several areas of interest..

The municipality of Västervik, with support from Envipro Miljöteknik AB, is carrying out a main study of the minefields at Gladhammar. Mining of iron, copper and cobalt under different periods from the 16th century until the end of the 19th century has led to discharges of metals to the lakes situated downstream. The aim of the main study is to investigate the possibilities to reduce the environmental load on the surrounding ground and water caused by heavy metals from the mine. The present report is a part of the main study. The aim of the work is to investigate the Geochemistry of the groundwater.

The aim of the study was to map the extent of Fe, Cu, Pb, As, Zn and S contamination in the area surrounding the Nasa silver mine. The mine operated between 1635 and 1810 with some prospecting performed in 1889, and has become infamous for the gruesome ways that the indigenous people were treated during the early years of operation. This study tested three hypotheses through a geochemical survey: 1) sulfide oxidation is still active in the abandoned mine, 2) the soil downslope of the mine is contaminated by mine drainage, and 3) the stream downslope of the mine is affected in the same way. All three hypotheses were valid, as the results showed that still, >200 years after mining operations ceased, signs of the historical mining are clearly visible in the surrounding environment. Acidic conditions were discovered in surface waters close to the waste rock piles, which indicates active sulfide oxidation.

Using biofuels from regeneration cuttings is becoming more common in Sweden. Ash from the combustion of biofuels contains many valuable nutrients and base cations. The Swedish Forest Agency recommends that ash should be recycled to clearings where biofuels have been removed, to avoid future impoverishment of Swedish woodlands. In Jämtland, in northern Sweden, a large quantity of biofuels are taken out from cuttings but ash recycling has not yet been tried. The aim of this thesis was to examine the conditions for ash recycling in Jämtland regarding to soil chemistry and heavy metal content in soil and biofuels.

A study has been performed that investigates the variation of iron content in groundwater.The study was initiated by Midvatten AB, which noticed that the iron content in groundwater samples can vary greatly over small distances. The purpose of this study was to geochemically and geohydrologically determine the factors that influence the content of iron and manganese in groundwater from a selection of eskers in Dalarna, and determine how to best sample groundwater with the method used by Midvatten AB. An evaluation was made of how the vertical variation in soil material, water composition, pumping time and pipe material affects the content of iron in groundwater. Piper diagrams were used to study the relationship between the chemical composition of the groundwater and the content of iron and manganese in groundwater samples from the studied areas. The groundwater from the studied areas was then classified in the Piper diagrams, according to the content of the major ions.

Bergsbruket har under lång tid haft stor betydelse för Sverige både ekonomiskt och politiskt. Det har också haft en inverkan på naturmiljön bland annat genom huggningar för bränsle och utsläpp av tungmetaller. Ett av de områden i Sverige som är mest känt för sin metallhantering är Bergslagen. Idag är många gruvor nedlagda. En som fortfarande är i drift är gruvan i Garpenberg i Dalarna.

Höga flöden och dess inverkan på spårmetalltransporten är av stort samhällsintresse med klimatförändringarnas redan idag märkbara påverkan. Ökad nederbörd och därmed vattenföring kommer leda till att spårmetalltranporten i våra svenska vattendrag kommer att förändras på sikt. Stora och snabba förändringar, som exempelvis klimatförändringar med extrem nederbörd, temperaturskillnader eller snö är typer av event vilka har visat sig ha direkt eller indirekt påverkan på metallers dynamik i vatten. Även de stigande koncentrationerna av Fe och TOC i våra vattendrag, även kallat brunifiering, vilket gör våra vattendrag allt mörkare i färg, har troligen med klimatförändringarna att göra.Syftet med det här arbetet har varit att samla in analysdata om metalltransporter i sex utvalda vattendrag (Kalixälv, Råneälv, Moälven, Ljungbyån, Ätran och Pipbäcken Nedre) och försöka beskriva dess tillstånd och förändringar i vattenkemin för att se om något samband fanns mellan spårmetallerna och flödesökningar. Valet av studerade vattendrag vilka arbetet fokuserade på avgränsades för möjligheten att kunna studera dessa närmare.