Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Ryan Melnichuk
Zhongzhi Chen
The use of pit lakes (PL) to reclaim pits at the end of mine life is common in metal and coal extraction operations. Oil sands mine operators of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)...
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Daniel Carter
Howard Loewenstein
Franklin Pitkin
Results of two experiments, one greenhouse project and one field study, indicate that high heavy metal concentrations in smelter-contaminated soils and in tree seedlings grown thereon, increase...
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Cory Savage
Tanner Owca
Mitchell Kay
Jelle Faber
Brent Wolfe
Roland Hall
Potential for downstream delivery of contaminants via Athabasca River floodwaters to lakes of the PAD has raised local to international concern. Here, we quantify enrichment of eight metals (Be, Cd...
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This is a compilation of on-line accessible papers from the 1982, 1985 and 1986 conferences of the Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association. This list will be updated periodically.
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This is a compilation of on-line accessible papers from the 1977, 1992, 2010, 2013 and 2019 national conferences of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association. Some of the conferences were held jointly...
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V. Coulombe
B. Bussière
J. Côté
M. Paradis
In this field study conducted on Raglan Mine's tailings storage facility (TSF), tailings oxidation rates were characterized with the oxygen consumption (OC) method. Surface tailings unfrozen...
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The Vangorda Plateau at the Faro Mine Complex contains two open pits that, starting in 2013, will both require dewatering. Since mine abandonment in 1998, water levels in Vangorda pit have been...
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Chris Powter
Simone Levy
Several major challenges were identified associated with management of sterilant-impacted sites in Alberta through this literature review, industry consultation and personal communication
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Jay Woosaree
Brij Verma
Byron James
Phytoremediation, the use of plants to remove, degrade or stabilize sites contaminated with organic or toxic chemicals is gaining in popularity as an alternative and economical technique in...
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K. Stewart
E. Karppinen
S. Siciliano
Biochar is a soil amendment that results from heating various biological ingredients, such as wood, fish or animal bone under oxygen limited conditions and has proven to promote plant growth, as well...
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The Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) is a university-based, independent organization that compiles, interprets and analyses available knowledge about managing the environmental...
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Vezza Mine, a former gold mine includes a three-compartment shaft with four underground levels down to a depth of 741 metres, This mine was never put in production since its construction around 1997...
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During the Fall of 2006, the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines tendered a construction project to provide a soil cover over the North Impounded Tailings (NIT) area at the abandoned...
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In the Stat~ of Illinois lands that have been abandoned after deep mining or strip mining of coal present unique land reclamation problems. One such area is the Staunton l Reclamation Site. Through...
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Simone Levy
Chris Powter
Discussions in 2018 developed a collective understanding of the number of sites impacted by soil sterilants and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
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Evgeniya Smirnova
Isabelle Demers
Medard Bouda
Mostafa Benzaazoua
Mamert Mbonimpa
Guylaine Bois
The use of the lime neutralization process is a common technique to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) generated by sulphidic mine wastes. The AMD-contaminated water collected on the mine site is...
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Alberta Soils Advisory Committee
Land disturbances due to resource extraction and transport are intended to be only temporary disruptions to the normal use of land for food and fiber production or for recreation. Although no two...
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This article introduces scientific contributions to the special issue paper collection focusing on water and environmental management in oil sands regions. New hydrological insights for the region...
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In some areas the accelerated weathering of material disturbed by coal mining operations releases toxic concentrations of elements present. Also, water seeping through the mine waste may become quite...