Modelling catchment response to acid deposition: A regional dual application of the magic model to soils and lakes in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 147-160

  Whitfield, Colin J ^a   Aherne, Julian ^a   Cosby, B Jack ^b   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Alberta; Canada; Magic; Oil sands; Regional; Soil chemistry; Surface water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST SOIL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKE; OIL SAND; SATURATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 76849091166     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2010.s1.147     Document Type: Article

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