Principal Investigator:Devoie, Élise Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5898.
The main goal of this project is to explore how wildfire will affect the stability and fate of metals and metalloids (i.e. arsenic, mercury, antimony) in mining contaminated and pristine landscapes. Metal(loid) concentrations in air, soil, and water in and around Boundary Creek (30 km west of Yellowknife) will be co...
Principal Investigator:Palmer, Mike Licensed Year(s):
2023
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5534.
The long-term objective of this research is to determine what processes control the recovery of the landscape near Yellowknife that was contaminated by stack emissions from the Giant Mine roaster, and how this recovery will be affected by climate change and unusual or severe weather events. One focus will be on how cl...
Principal Investigator:Chételat, John Licensed Year(s):
2019
2018 Summary:
This study will assess the present-day and future stability of legacy arsenic contamination stored in Yellowknife Bay sediments that originated from local gold mining activities. Using a combination of quantitative methods (field measurements, laboratory experiments, paleolimnology and mass balance modelling), the research team will estimate the diffusion of arsenic from sediments to overlying wat...