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- 4Land Conservation and Reclamation Council
- 3Green, J. E.
- 3McGill, W. B.
- 3Shotyk, W.
- 3Welham, C.
- 56Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 56Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 50Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)
- 15Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/OSRIN Technical Reports
- 11Renewable Resources, Department of
- 9Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/RRTAC Reports
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Marsh reclamation in the oil sands of Alberta: providing benchmarks and models of vegetation development
DownloadFall 2014
A key objective of the Alberta oil sands industry is to reclaim the post-mined landscape to “equivalent land capability” (Harris 2007). Vitt and Bhatti (2012) proposed a restoration framework for boreal disturbances. They suggested that to increase chances of achieving ecosystem equivalency and...
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1985
Land Conservation and Reclamation Council, Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association
The question we are faced with today is: How do we establish a system or systems for measuring success in reclamation? That is a challenge that has been going on for quite sometime for all of us, in one way or another. We have tried to apply some useful process and have either failed in part,...
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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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Fall 2015
Assessment of microbial community development is required to determine the success of reclamation process on disturbed land after mining. Peat (PMM) or LFH mineral soil mix (LFH) is used as capping material in reclamation. Application of coarse woody debris (CWD) also facilitates reclamation by...
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1982
Land Conservation and Reclamation Council
These 1982 Minimum Reclamation Requirements were an update to the 1980 Minimum Reclamation Standards and expanded coverage to include all public land.
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1980
Land Conservation and Reclamation Council
These 1980 Minimum Reclamation Standards applied to patented and and land that was the property of the Crown but covered by the Public Lands Act.
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Mining the communicative flow: Communication and social learning in the reclamation of the ‘Vista Coal Mine’ project in Alberta, Canada
DownloadSpring 2016
In the development and approval of new extractive resource industry projects in or close to communities, it is necessary to explore if and how communication and social networks surrounding these projects offer a platform for collaborative debate and knowledge formation. In doing so, we can better...
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Fall 2012
The earthwork operations for reclamation add challenges and complications to common earthworks schedule and aspects such as placement locations and hauling routes…etc. The reclamation earthworks require that the soil layers structure before disturbing the land must remain the same after...
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Moss and peat as monitors of contemporary and past rates of atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region
DownloadSpring 2017
Research Problem Since the introduction of open pit mining of the Athabasca Bituminous Sands (ABS) in 1967, this industry has generated considerable quantities of mineral dust that when released is injected into the atmosphere and settles in the surrounding environment. Despite this, a full...
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Spring 2013
A major barrier to reclamation after oil sands mining is lack of commercially available, diverse native plant seeds and propagules for revegetation. Potential of LFH (forest floor material) developed on coarse textured soil for establishing native plants and how salvage, placement and storage...