Spatial and temporal patterns in trace element deposition to lakes in the Athabasca oil sands region (Alberta, Canada)

Autor: Colin A Cooke, Jane L Kirk, Derek C G Muir, Johan A Wiklund, Xiaowa Wang, Amber Gleason, Marlene S Evans
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Environmental Research Letters, Vol 12, Iss 12, p 124001 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1748-9326
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9505
Popis: The mining and processing of the Athabasca oil sands (Alberta, Canada) has been occurring for decades; however, a lack of consistent regional monitoring has obscured the long-term environmental impact. Here, we present sediment core results to reconstruct spatial and temporal patterns in trace element deposition to lakes in the Athabasca oil sands region. Early mining operations (during the 1970s and 1980s) led to elevated V and Pb inputs to lakes located
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