Dispersion and toxicity of metals from abandoned gold mine tailings at Goldenville, Nova Scotia, Canada

As its name indicates, Goldenville was a famous gold mining area in Nova Scotia where large quantities of mercury were used in the gold recovery process. It is estimated that the 3 million tons of tailings left from the mining activities which lasted from 1860 to 1945 contain 470 kg of Cd, 37 300 kg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment 1999-03, Vol.228 (1), p.35-47
Hauptverfasser:	Wong, H.K.T, Gauthier, A, Nriagu, J.O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Applied sciences Biological and medical sciences Canada, Nova Scotia, Goldenville Continental surface waters Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Exact sciences and technology Fresh water environment Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gold mining Mercury amalgamation Metal pollution Natural water pollution Phytoremediation Pollution Pollution sources. Measurement results Pollution, environment geology Soil and sediments pollution Toxicity Water treatment and pollution
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