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Studies of the Terrestrial Environment in the Sudbury Area 1978 - 1987, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, March 1990

The report documents data compiled as part of the ministry's routine surveillance study for the time period between 1970 and 1987 with emphasis on data collected post 1978.

• Table of Contents [PDF]
• Summary, Introduction and Sections III - VII
  • "Upper Limits of Normal" Contaminant Guidelines
  • Sulphur Dioxide Monitoring
  • Sulphur Dioxide abatement Program
  • Potentially Injurious SO₂ fumigations
  • Complaints of Vegetation Injury by Air Pollutants
• Section VIII Vegetation Injury Observed between 1978-1987
• Section IX Sampling and Chemical Analysis of Vegetation and Soil - Regular Program a
  • Program Outline
  • Trace Metal Emissions in the Sudbury Area
  • Elemental Analysis of White Birch Foliage
• Section IX Sampling and Chemical Analysis of Vegetation and Soil - Regular Program b
  • Elemental Analysis of Forage
  • Elemental Analysis of Soil
• Section X Mossbag Surveys
• Sections XI - XIII
  • Land Reclamation Summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
• Section XIV Appendix
  • Appendix a
  • Appendix b
  • Appendix c
  • Appendix d
  • Appendix e
  • Appendix f
• Full Report [PDF 9024KB]

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