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Contaminant Trapping Behind Large Dams: A Mini-Review

Sierra Rayne¹ and Ken J. Friesen¹

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1. University of Winnipeg

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Received 21 March 2009 18:25 UTC; Posted 24 March 2009

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Earth & Environment

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• large dams
• dam removal
• downstream impacts
• contaminants

Abstract:

It appears likely that the installation of many large dams on major rivers worldwide over the past century has led to large and complex contaminant loadings becoming trapped in the sediments behind these dams. Future planned large dam removal efforts or unintentional breaches may result in substantial contaminant releases downstream. We review the current state of the art regarding knowledge of contaminant loadings behind large dams and potential downstream impacts following dam breaches.

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Rayne, Sierra and Friesen, Ken. Contaminant Trapping Behind Large Dams: A Mini-Review. Available from Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2009.2965.1> (2009)

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