Contamination of arctic Fjord sediments by Pb-Zn mining at Maarmorilik in central West Greenland

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1065-1073

  Perner, K ^a   Leipe, Th ^a   Dellwig, O ^a   Kuijpers, A ^b   Mikkelsen, N ^b   Andersen, T J ^c   Harff, J ^a,d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Black Angel Mine; Greenland; Lead; Maarmorilik; Mercury; Mining pollution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED MATERIALS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; MAARMORILIK; MERCURY; SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; WEST GREENLAND;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CESIUM 137; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; LEAD 210; MERCURY; ZINC; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; FJORD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAILINGS; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; HYDROGRAPHY; MINING; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; ARCTIC; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 77954032279     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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