Assessment of asbestos fiber contamination in lake sediment cores of the Thetford Mines region, southern Quebec (Canada)

The Bécancour River in southern Quebec (Canada) has evolved under the influence of the long asbestos mining history of the Thetford Mines region (1877–2011 Common Era; CE). This river originates at the outflow of Lake Bécancour, flows through the old mining sites, and then widens to successively for...

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Main Authors: Olivier Jacques, Reinhard Pienitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Environmental Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765722000679