Water management aspects of the Britannia Mine remediation project, British Columbia, Canada

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-54

  O'Hara, Gerry ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Britannia Mine; British Columbia; Mine water; Remediation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947377965     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-007-0148-4     Document Type: Article

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