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Multivariate Geostatistical Prediction of Geochemical Measurements for Use in Mineral Prospectivity Modeling
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Traditional approaches to mineral exploration rely on personal experience, conceptual genetic models, past exploration data, and geological characteristics found in analogous target deposit types to locate and evaluate prospective areas. With the increase in both size and complexity of datasets...
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Spring 2016
High resolution spatial numerical models of metallurgical properties constrained by geological controls and more extensively measured grade and geomechanical properties constitute an important part of geometallurgy. The spatial modeling of metallurgical rock properties has unique challenges....
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Spring 2022
Hydraulically fractured horizontal wells are widely adopted for the development of tight or shale gas reservoirs. The presence of highly heterogeneous, multi-scale, fracture systems often renders any detailed characterization of the fracture properties challenging. The discrete fracture network...
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On the origin of virtual wetlands by means of computer aided selection or the preservation of favoured places in the struggle for functional wetlands
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To aid in reclamation planning for the Genesee Coal Mine in Alberta, I qualified the pre-mined state of wetlands and measured land use and land cover (LULC) change between 1982 and 2007. A generalized linear model (GLM) was developed to explain the presence of wetlands on the pre-mined...
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Fall 2021
Canada has approximately 50% of land mass covered with permafrost. With the increasing of mining and construction activities in permafrost regions, cement-based mixtures (e.g., concrete, shotcrete, backfill, and grout) are expected to be increasingly used in these regions. However, cold...
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Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil
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Surface mining is one of the most significant forms of anthropogenic disturbance to natural and managed ecosystems. In Alberta, mining disturbs large areas in the Mixedwood Boreal natural region and recovery is often slow because of poor soil quality, specifically the high degree of compaction....
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Fall 2017
The mining industry has become increasingly concerned with the effects of uncertainty and risk in resource modeling. Some companies are moving away from deterministic geologic modeling techniques to approaches that quantify uncertainty. Stochastic modeling techniques produce multiple realizations...
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Spring 2015
Resource evaluation of a mineral deposit is an important and challenging task. Traditional estimation methods provide a best estimate at the block scale based on available data. The pitfalls of histogram smoothing and conditional bias associated with these methods are well known. Quantifying...
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Predictive Mapping of Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) Density and Abundance in the Western Boreal Forest via Ground and Satellite Remote Sensors
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The Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a small, secretive, wetland bird, which is apparently rare throughout most of its range. Almost nothing is known about its abundance and density in the wetlands of the western boreal forest. Emerging technologies have enabled us to effectively...
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Fall 2009
Natural attenuation refers to the observed reduction in contaminant concentration via natural processes as contaminants migrate from the source into environmental media. Assessment of the dimensions of contaminant plumes and prediction of their fate requires predictions of the rate of dissolution...