Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: physical sciences, mining impacts, arsenic, geochemistry, sediment quality
| Principal Investigator: | Andrade, Claudio (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13525 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2003
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| Issued: | Aug 06, 2003 |
| Project Team: | Heather E. |
Objective(s): The overall goal is to provide data on arsenic cycling in sub-aqueous sediments to better understand the potential environmental impacts within Yellowknife Bay and the long-term fate of arsenic. Important objectives of the project are to assess the stability of arsenic-associated minerals in Yellowknife Bay sediments and to characterize the mechanisms controlling arsenic mobility in sediment porewaters. In order to meet these objectives, we have developed a sampling strategy that targets environmentally and geochemically diverse locations within the arsenic-enriched sediment footprint adjacent to the Giant mine. Careful consideration has also been given to potential seasonal geochemical changes within Yellowknife Bay.
