The importance of atmospheric base cation deposition for preventing soil acidification in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Watmough, Shaun A ^a   Whitfield, Colin J ^b   Fenn, Mark E ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Base cations; Mineral weathering; Oil sands

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; OIL SANDS; POSITIVE IONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

ACID DEPOSITION; ALBERTA , CANADA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; BASE CATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MINERAL WEATHERING; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL BASE SATURATION;

DEPOSITION; OIL SANDS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CATION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OIL SAND; WEATHERING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING RATE;

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MINING; MODEL OF ACIDIFICATION OF GROUNDWATER IN CATCHMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING; AIR POLLUTION; FOREST SOIL; INDUSTRIAL AREA; TAR SAND;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84902494121     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.110     Document Type: Article

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