The impact of reclamation cover depth on the performance of reclaimed shale overburden at an oil sands mine in Northern Alberta, Canada

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2840-2854

  Huang, Mingbin ^a,b   Barbour, S Lee ^a   Carey, Sean K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multilayer cover; Oil sands; Optimal cover depth; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION; MULTILAYERS; OIL SANDS; POROSITY; SAND; SHALE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALBERTA , CANADA; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; COVER DEPTH; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STRONG NONLINEARITY;

RECLAMATION;

CLIMATE CYCLE; DUAL POROSITY; NONLINEARITY; OIL SAND; SHALE; SOIL COVER; SOIL DEPTH; TRANSPIRATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BISON;

EID: 84930384024     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10229     Document Type: Article

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