Arctic vegetation damage by winter-generated coal mining pollution released upon thawing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2407-2413

  Elberling, Bo ^a,d   Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Jensen, Louise A ^a   Schmidt, Lea B ^a   Hansen, Birger U ^a   Asmund, Gert ^b   Balić Zunić, Tonci ^a   Hollesen, Jørgen ^a   Hanson, Susanne ^a   Jansson, Per Erik ^c   Friborg, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXIDATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; PHYTOTOXIC LEVELS; WEATHERING PRODUCTS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ALUMINUM; MANGANESE; METAL DERIVATIVE; RUNOFF; SULFIDE;

CLIMATOLOGY; COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXIDATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINE WASTE; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; THAWING; WIND; WINTER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; POLLUTION; SPRING; SUMMER; THAWING; VEGETATION; WEATHERING; WINTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34247107702     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061457x     Document Type: Article

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