The bacterial community of Quesnel Lake sediments impacted by a catastrophic mine tailings spill differ in composition from those at undisturbed locations – two years post-spill
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38909-9
Abstract: The West Basin of Quesnel Lake (British Columbia, Canada) suffered a catastrophic disturbance event in August 2014 when mine tailings and scoured natural material were deposited into the lake’s West Basin due to an impoundment… read more here.
Keywords: lake sediments; two years; quesnel lake; west basin ... See more keywords
Erosion, deposition and contamination by high‐magnitude subaqueous debris flows and turbidity currents: Insights from the failure of a tailings dam near Quesnel Lake, British Columbia
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DOI: 10.1111/sed.12836
Abstract: The 4 August 2014 failure of Mount Polley mine tailings dam in central British Columbia, Canada, is the worst environmental disaster in British Columbia history. Around 25 million m3 of water, tailings solids and dam… read more here.
Keywords: british columbia; debris flows; erosion; quesnel lake ... See more keywords