Coastal Remote Sensing: Merging Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data as Tailings Drift onto Buffalo Reef, Lake Superior

Coastal Remote Sensing: Merging Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data as Tailings Drift onto Buffalo Reef, Lake Superior

On the Keweenaw Peninsula of Lake Superior, two stamp mills (Mohawk and Wolverine) discharged 22.7 million metric tonnes (MMT) of tailings (1901–1932) into the coastal zone off the town of Gay. Migrating along the shoreline, ca. 10 MMT of the tailings dammed stream and river outlets, encroached upon...

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Main Authors: W. Charles Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Gary Swain, Robert Regis, Varsha K. Raman, Colin N. Brooks, Amanda Grimm, Chris Cook, Robert Shuchman, Molly Reif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
coastal environment
remote sensing
Lake Superior
Buffalo Reef
mining
migrating tailings
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/13/2434

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