Evaluating Spatial Patterns of Heavy Metal Levels and Pb Isotopic Compositions of Peat Soils along the Red Dog Mine Haul Road in Northwest Alaska

• Main Author: Melby, Kali M.
• Other Authors: Shiel, Alyssa E., Swanson, David K., Kleber, Markus, Pett-Ridge, Julie C., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: Oregon State University
• Subjects: Cape Krusenstern; Alaska
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/nv935948m

This study evaluates ore transport and other mining activities on metal levels in the remote Arctic ecosystem of Cape Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR) in northwestern Alaska. This monument is 50 km SW of Red Dog Mine, one of the world’s largest Pb–Zn mines. The Delong Mountain Transportation Sys...