Fieldwork near Likely (in British Columbia, Canada).

Effects of mining on fine sediment quality; a comparison with regional metal background concentrations

The impact of an abandoned hydraulic gold mine and an open cast copper-gold mine on the quality of fine-grained sediment (<63 μm) was investigated at several creeks in the Quesnel river catchment catchment in British Columbia, Canada. Bed sediment samples, suspended sediment samples, vertical profiles and/or corings were collected at five field...