Tree Growth on Reclaimed Overburden Sites Containing Petroleum Hydrocarbons at the Suncor Base Mine

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc.

• Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting Inc. (Paragon) was contracted to complete a field program and analysis for the Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) Joint Industry Project (JIP) partners Syncrude Canada Limited (Syncrude), Imperial Oil Resources Limited (Imperial), Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) and Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor), for tree growth on reclaimed overburden sites containing elevated naturally-occurring petroleum hydrocarbons (NPHCs) at the Suncor Base Mine site. Health and Safety preparation for the field team was completed at the Suncor site from November 7 to 9, 2017, and the field program completed thereafter from November 10 to 14, 2017. (As cited in Introduction.)

• Date created

  2018-08-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Land reclamation
  • Overburden
  • Oil sands mining
  • Petroleum hydrocarbons
  • Equivalent land capability
  • Site index

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-qh83-6w89

• License

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