Search
Skip to Search Results- 23Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)
- 13Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/AOSERP Reports
- 9Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reports
- 2Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 2Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 1Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)/Government of Alberta Reports
-
Toxicity of saline groundwater from Syncrude's Lease 17 to fish and benthic macroinvertebrates
Download1977
Peltzner, A., McMahon, B., McCart, P., Walder, G.
The mining of the tar sands which are included in the area to be developed by Syncrude Canada Ltd. will require the dewatering of the mine pits. This will involve the pumping of large volumes of saline groundwater. Present plans call for its eventual disposal through Ruth Lake, the Poplar River...
-
1978
Griffiths, W. H., Walton, B. D.
A review of the effects of sedimentation on aquatic biota is presented. The detrimental effects of increased suspended and settled sediments on fish, bottom invertebrates, and primary productivity are documented. It is shown that the upper tolerance level for suspended sediment is between 80-100...
-
1979
Giles, M. A., Lawrence, S. G., Klaverkamp, J. F.
In order to conduct oil sands mining operations in the surface mining region of the Athabasca oil sands deposits, most regions require depressurization of the basal sandstone formations. The groundwater produced by depressurization operations is of poor enough quality to be toxic to fish. The...
-
Review and annotated bibliography of stream diversion and stream restoration techniques and associated effects on aquatic biota
Download1978
Stream diversion projects in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program study area that have been or will be required in the course of oil sands development are outlined. The effects of stream diversions on aquatic life, natural recovery of stream ecosystems from the effects of...
-
Response of confined aquatic biota to mine depressurization water in Beaver Creek reservoir
Download1980
Chymko, N.R., Jantzie, T., Noton, L.
Beaver Creek Reservoir was formed as a result of diverting the natural flow of Beaver Creek away from mine and plant areas and southward to the Athabasca River via Poplar Creek. The diversion was initiated in the fall of 1975 with the closure of the Beaver Creek Dam; filling of the reservoir was...
-
Observations on the dispersal of saline groundwater in the Beaver Creek Diversion system, 1976-1978
Download1979
Killworth, P.D., Carmack, E.C.
The dispersal of saline groundwater in the Beaver Creek Diversion System is described using data from a two-year physical limnology monitor of the system. Emphasis is placed on processes influencing temporal and spatial patterns in circulation, stratification and saline water distributions....
-
Interim report on ecological studies on the lower trophic levels of muskeg rivers within the Alberta oil sands environmental research program study area
Download1979
This project (AF 2.0.2) was conducted in 1977-78 as a planned complement of another project (AF 2.0.1) on invertebrate resources. The scope of this project was to investigate productivity in the oil sands region and it involved both baseline data collection and manipulation experiments....
-
Interim report on ecological studies on the benthic invertebrates of various rivers in the Alberta oil sands environmental research program study area, northeastern Alberta
Download1979
This report details preliminary experimental and survey research on benthic communities affected by selected hydrocarbons and tailings sludge produced by existing oil sands mining and upgrading operations. Taxonomic surveys of macrobenthic communities were carried out in the Muskeg and Steepbank...