Numerical Modelling of the Impact of Cover Thickness on the Long-term Water Balance of Reclamation Soil Covers Over Lean Oil Sands Overburden

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Huang, Mingbin
  • Alam, Shahabul
  • Barbour, Lee
  • Si, Bing Cheng

• Syncrude Canada Ltd. (SCL) is undertaking a watershed scale research program to evaluate the performance of reclamation covers placed over lean oil sands (LOS) at the Fort Hills dump at the Aurora North mine site. This research study is referred to as the Aurora Capping Study (ACS). A key element of the ACS is the assessment of the water balance for alternate cover designs in regard to their adequacy to meet site vegetation growth requirements. (As cited in Background and Objectives.)

• Date created

  2017-03-25

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Land reclamation
  • Soil reclamation
  • Soil water content
  • Hydrology
  • Lean oil sand
  • Soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer (SVAT)

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-39jb-zw61

• License

  Permission for non-commercial use, publication or presentation of excerpts or figures is granted, provided appropriate attribution is cited. Commercial reproduction, in whole or in part, is not permitted without prior written consent from Syncrude. An original copy is on file with Syncrude and is the primary reference with precedence over any other reproduced copies of the document. Reliance upon third party use of these materials is at the sole risk of the end user. Syncrude and the authors accept no responsibility for damages, if any, suffered by any third party as a result of decisions made or actions based on this document. The use of these materials by a third party is done without any affiliation with or endorsement by Syncrude and the authors.