Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Soils were inspected and described at 413 sites. Soils of the Luvisolic, Brunisolic, Gleysolic, Cryosolic and Organic Orders were recognized and characterized. depth of peat is
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Authors
Larry Turchenek
J.D. Lindsay
Soil morphology, site descriptions, and physical and chemical data for 130 soil profiles from the AOSERP study area are presented.
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Provide information on the kinds, characteristics, and distribution of soils in 16 permanent sample plots, each of about 5 ha area, established during 1981
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C. Middleton
Francis Salifu
Wayne Tedder
David Chanasyk
John Hastie
Results indicated a negative relationship among pine performance with increasing soluble calcium and available sulphate-S
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This document consists of two tables providing chemical and physical properties of soil, peat, overburden, spent sand and lean tar sand from Syncrude and Suncor.
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This report describes some novel experiments adding CO2 to liquid tailings from the G. C. O. S. plant, which may lead to an economically feasible tailings treatment process
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Part 2 of the report deals with the theoretical aspects of the reactions between carbon dioxide and tailings.
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A thickness of 75 cm will provide adequate water supply to vegetation during droughts while also allowing for the release of water to the downstream reclaimed landscape.
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Authors
Suyuan Yang
Owen Sutton
Eric Kessel
Jonathan Price
At the Nikanotee Fen Watershed, a pioneering reclamation project in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, elevated sodium (Na+) in the porewater of mine-waste materials has been shown to migrate to the fen...
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Spring-staging totals for two surveys for this year were 1000 and 3600 ducks. Five fall-staging surveys revealed a total of from 11 000 to 24 000 ducks.
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Authors
Dave McCoy
Henry Regier
Dave Graveland
Physical and chemical analyses of spent sand indicate that this material is very infertile. The spent sand samples analysed had an average pH of 7.2 and low Na content
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Colonization of limestone gravel, limestone gravel + organic matter, and limestone gravel from a river bed was followed over time to compare two possible stream reclamation substrates with a control
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Authors
Haneef Mian
Neil Fassina
A. Mukherjee
Alan Fair
Chris Powter
There is no single technology solution for tailings disposal – a suite of technologies will be required For a technology to be considered suitable it must provide net environmental benefits
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Matthew Pyper
Chris Powter
Tim Vinge
For reclaimed lands to be considered self-sustaining they should respond to natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a similar manner to how an analogous undisturbed landscape might respond
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Develop common understanding of the current knowledge regarding groundwater resources, groundwater-surface water interactions in the oil sands area, ongoing applied research, monitoring and impacts
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Road networks, both temporary and permanent, are necessary for accessing natural resources in the boreal forest. Forest roads can alter hydrology by 1) affecting the movement of water 2) reducing the...
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Life history information and location data for the 672 fish, of 17 species, collected from rivers lakes are presented in table format
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Dean MacKenzie
Anne Naeth
Research has shown forest surface soil provides an economical, diverse and abundant source of native propagules and an important source of nutrients and soil fauna. Salvage depth affects soil quality
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A random sample of 1,032 Albertans to gather empirical information as a basis for oil sands policy development for both industry and government
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Survey demonstrated need to better communicate availability of existing information and continue to make efforts to provide easy, timely and transparent access to monitoring and research information