Transport and fate of mine tailings in a coastal fjord of British Columbia as inferred from the sediment record

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 77-94

  Odhiambo, B K ^a   Macdonald, R W ^b   O'Brien, M C ^b   Harper, J R ^c   Yunker, M B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Coastal and Ocean Resources Inc ^*  (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity core; Principal component analysis; Smelting; Tailings

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

SALVELINUS MALMA;

CONTAMINATION; FJORD SEDIMENT; MINE TAILINGS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0030592598     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05250-3     Document Type: Article

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