Monitoring remediation - Have mine-waste and mill-tailings removal and flood-plain restoration been successful in the High Ore Creek valley?

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1652, 2004, Pages 457-473

  Gelinas, Sharon L ^a   Tupling, Robert ^b  

^a Environmental Careers Organization   (United States)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MINING; REMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

BOULDER RIVER; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23944501120     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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