Lability of toxic elements in Submarine Tailings Disposal: The relationship between metal fractionation and metal uptake by sandworms (Alitta virens)

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Simonsen, Anne Mette T., Pedersen, Kristine B., Jensen, Pernille Erland, Elberling, Bo, Bach, Lis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Submarine mine tailings disposal; Metal fractionation pattern; Sequential extraction; Bioavailability; Metal uptake; Bioassay; Bøkfjorden; Norway; Sydvaranger; Northern Norway; Sydvaranger gruve
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/eaef9c66-1ee4-4acd-8dbb-26b7581fdeac; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133903

Mine tailings from the iron ore mine Sydvaranger Gruve have been deposited in Bøkfjorden, Northern Norway, for >40 years. This study investigates the environmental impacts of submarine tailings disposal one year after the cessation of the mine by combining analyses of total metal concentrations (...