Potential Impacts to Wetlands and Water Bodies Due to Mineral Exploration, Pebble Copper-Gold Prospect, Southwest Alaska

There is little information in the literature about the impacts of mineral exploration drilling on natural waters. A copper-gold-molybdenum mining deposit in Alaska was heavily explored until 2012 and partially reclaimed; however, full reclamation of drill sites remained incomplete in 2016. Copper i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kendra Zamzow, David M. Chambers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Environments
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/6/7/84