Effect of high salinity tailings waters produced from gypsum treatment of oil sands tailings on plants of the boreal forest

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Renault, S ^a   Lait, C ^a   Zwiazek, J J ^a   MacKinnon, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consolidated tailings; Oil sands; Reclamation; Salt tolerance; Seedlings; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000706940     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(98)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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