An investigation of cadmium and lead from a High Arctic waste disposal site, Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 441-453

  Young, Kathy L ^a   Lund, Karen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic environment; Cadmium; Contaminants; Hydrology; Late lying snowbed; Lead

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGY; LEACHING; LEAD; SURFACE WATERS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; LATE-LYING SNOWBED; MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CADMIUM; LEACHING; LEAD; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; RESOLUTE BAY;

EID: 33845962036     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2006.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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