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Fall 2013
Collins, Catherine Elizabeth Victoria
Surface mining for bitumen extraction results in production of tailings that are deposited into large ponds. Tailings in the ponds support diverse microbial communities capable of metabolizing organic compounds and producing biogenic gases (methane, CH4 and carbon dioxide, CO2). Because of low...
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Nutrient distribution in sandy soils along a forest productivity gradient in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2016
Brunisolic soils developed on coarse textured (sandy loam to sand) deposits comprise a significant portion of the land currently being disturbed by surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada. The goals of this study were to determine (i) how the physical properties of...
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Partitioning of inorganic contaminants between fluid fine tailings and cap water under end pit lake scenario: Biological, Chemical and Mineralogical processes
DownloadSpring 2019
Fluid fine tailings (FFT) are generated during bitumen extraction from surface mined oil sands ore (in Alberta, Canada) and comprised of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), fine particles, unrecovered bitumen and residual diluent. For reclaiming huge volumes of FFT, a viable remediation...