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Case Histories of Coastal and Marine Mines

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Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste

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Coastal mines have the option of disposing of their tailings and waste rock to the sea instead of on land. Marine mines, either nearshore or offshore, inevitably must dispose of their wastes to the sea. Such disposal can potentially contaminate or preclude marine fisheries, and affect tourism, recreation and public health. It is known that some marine discharging mines have avoided such impacts and others have not. Accordingly, it is important to document cases of actual experience so that the information is available for impact prediction and mitigation of new mine sites.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., V8W 2Y2, Canada

    D. V. Ellis

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  1. Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, Institute for Soil Fertility, P.O. Box 30003, NL-9750 RA, Haren (Gr), The Netherlands

    Wim Salomons

  2. Arbeitsbereich Umweltschutztechnik, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Harburger Schloßstraße 20, Postfach 90 14 03, D-2100, Hamburg 90, Fed. Ref. of Germany

    Ulrich Förstner

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Ellis, D.V. (1988). Case Histories of Coastal and Marine Mines. In: Salomons, W., Förstner, U. (eds) Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72924-9_4

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