Transport of stable isotopes of water and sulphate within reclaimed oil sands saline-sodic mine overburden

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 1550-1561

  Huang, Mingbin ^a,b   Hilderman, Joel N ^a   Barbour, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Net percolation; Reclamation; Salinity; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FLOW OF WATER; ISOTOPES; LAND RECLAMATION; LOCATION; OIL SANDS; OXIDATION; POROSITY; RECLAMATION; SALINE WATER; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SOILS; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FIELD INVESTIGATION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; SALINITY; SOIL VEGETATION ATMOSPHERES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DEUTERIUM; DUAL POROSITY; FLOW MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINE; OIL SAND; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PERCOLATION; RECLAIMED LAND; SALINITY; SHALE; SODIC SOIL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; FORT MCMURRAY;

BISON;

EID: 84945473643     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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