Rouyn-Noranda

University du Quebec en Abitibi-Tymiscamingue (UQAT), 445 boul. de / University, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4... 

Andrewes, P., Demarini, D.M., Funasaka, K., Wallace, K., I ai, V.W.M., Sun, H., Cullen, W.R., Kitchin. K.T. 2004. Do arsenosugars pose a risk to human health The comparative toxicities of a trivalent and pentavalent arsenosugar. Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 4140-4148. Henderson, P.J., Knight, R.D., Mcmartin, I. 2002. Geochemistry of soils within a 100 km radius of the Horne Cu smelter, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 4169. 

Knight, R.D. Henderson, P.J. 2006. Smelter dust in humus around Rouyn-Noranda,... 

Zdanowicz, C.M. Banic, C.M. Paktunc, D. Kliza-Petelle, D.A. 2006. Metal emissions from a Cu-smelter, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Characterization of particles sampled in air and snow. Geochemistry Exploration, Environment and Analysis, 6, 147-162. 

Bussiere, B., Dagenais, A.-M., Villeneuve, M., Plante, B. 2005. Rapport final Caracterisation environnementale d un echantillon de steriles du Lac Tio. URSTM, Rouyn-Noranda. 

Use of micro-XRF in the characterization of hydrothermal alteration application to the subaqueous felsic dome-flow complex of the Cap d Ours segment of the Glenwood rhyolite, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec... 

Johnson, D., and Hale, B. (2004). White birch (Betula papyrifera Marshall) foliar litter decomposition in relation to trace metal atmospheric inputs at metal-contaminated and uncontaminated sites near Sudbury, Ontario and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. Environ. Poll. 127, 65-72. 

Figure 7.3. Trace metal concentration in water extracts from the bulk soil and the inner rhizosphere of trembling aspen Populus tremuloi des Minchx) at Rouyn-Noranda. (Modified from S6guin et al., 2004.)...

The study area is situated near Rouyn-Noranda, about 600 km to the north-west of Montreal, Canada (48°14 N, 79°01 W). Three sites were sampled at a downwind distance of 0.5, 2 and 8 km from the Horne copper smelter. At each site, soil samples were collected under three trembling aspen Populus tremuloides Michx) of similar age (< 30 years old). The soils developed in postglacial lake sediments of silt texture to form Luvisols, according to the Canadian System of Soil Classification (Soil Classification Working Group, 1998). The extent of soil contamination received through the atmospheric deposition of metals represents the main difference between the three sites as other characteristics were kept constant (e.g. climate, parent material, slope, aspect, etc.). For a more detailed description of the sites, see Seguin et al. (2004). 

Rouyn-Noranda and for nine other tree individuals from three different species (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill, Acer saccharum Marsh and Betula papyrifera Marsh) at Saint-Hippolyte (about 60 km north of Montreal, Canada) (unpublished data). 

Note Values in parentheses represent standard deviation of laboratory triplicates. Standard deviations are not given if soil mass was insufficient to replicate analyses. " The sites are coded as follows the first part of the code refers to the distance from the copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda (0.5 = 0.5 km 2 = 2 km 8 = 8 km) the letter that follows refers to die field replicates. 

Knight, R.D., Henderson, PJ., In press. Characterization of smelter dust from the mineral fraction of humus collected around Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. In Bonham-Carter, G. (Ed.), Metals in the Environment around Smelters at Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and BeUedune, New Brunswick, and conclusions of the GSC-MITE Point Source Project. Geological Survey Canada Bulletin, Ottawa (in press). 

Dumontet, S., Dinel, H., Levesque, P.E.N., 1992. The distribution of pollutant heavy metals and their effect on soil respiration and acid phosphatase activity in mineral soils of the Rouyn-Noranda region. Quebec. Sci. Total Environ. 121, 231-245. 

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