Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Distribution and Mobilization of Arsenic and Antimony Species in the Coeur d'Alene River System |
Creator | Wai, C.M.; Mok, W.M. |
Date | 1989-05-01 |
Coverage | Coeur d'Alene River 47.51, -116.15 |
Subject | mining wastes; water pollution; arsenic; speciation; sediment; antimony; |
Description | The mining industry along the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River in northern Idaho is a major producer of silver, lead, and zinc in the United States. Mining operations in the past have discharged huge amounts of mining wastes into the South Fork of the river causing a serious pollution problem for the Coeur d'Alene River system. Sediments in the South Fork and the Main Stem of the river are contaminated with arsenic(As), antimony(Sb), cadmium(Cd), Lead(Pb), Zinc(Zn), and other metals. The... |
Relation | Coeur d'Alene Basin Water for Idaho |
Contributor | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI |
Publisher | University of Idaho |
Language | eng |
Rights | Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/ |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | Text |
Identifier | http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/89 |