Source, attenuation and potential mobility of arsenic at New Britannia Mine, Snow Lake, Manitoba

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1843-1854

  Simpson, Stephanie ^a,b   Sherriff, Barbara L ^a   Gulck, Jamie Van ^c   Khozhina, Elena ^a   Londry, Kathleen ^d   Sidenko, Nikolay ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Lorax Environmental Services Ltd   (Canada)

^c Arktis Solutions   (Canada)

^d CITY OF EDMONTON   (Canada)

^e STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; FERRIC OXIDE; FLOW PATH; MANITOBA; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POTENTIAL MOBILITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WASTE ROCKS; WETLAND SOILS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; POTABLE WATER; SNOW; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC PLANT; AQUIFER; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; ARSENOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GOLD; LAKE POLLUTION; MOBILITY; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; OXIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL TYPE; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SNOW LAKE;

EID: 80555150768     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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