Sources and circulation of water and arsenic in the Giant Mine, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-128

  Clark, Ian D ^a   Raven, Kenneth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Intera Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic trioxide; Giant mine; Groundwater; Hydrogen 2; Oxygen 18; Sulphate; Sulphur 34

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD; IRON;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; SEEPAGE; SULFATE; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; MINING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; GOLD; IRON; MINING; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 3242767606     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010410001671014     Document Type: Article

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