Heavy metal dispersion patterns from tailings dumps, Northampton District, Western Australia

• Published in: Environmental pollution. Series B. Chemical and physical Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 33 - 49
• Main Authors: Mann, A.W., Lintern, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 1983

Dispersion of heavy metals into drainage systems of the Chapman, Bowes and Murchison Rivers occurs as a result of sediment transport and leaching from tailings dumps in the Northampton Mineral District, Western Australia. Anomalous heavy metal values occur in stream sediments up to 20 km from their...