Deposition of trace elements in the trail region, British Columbia; An assessment of the environmental effect of a base metal smelter on land

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 573, 2003, Pages 1-48

  Goodarzi, F ^a   Sanei, H ^a   Duncan, W F ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; DEPOSITION; DISPERSION; POINT SOURCE; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0037279765     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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