| Title | SOURCES: airborne contamination in the oil sands region / Contamination par transport aérien dans la région des sables bitumineux |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Savard, M M |
| Source | Public presentations of May 8th, 2018: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects, May 2018; by Jacob, N; Kao, H; Galloway, J; Parsons, M; White, D; Larmagnat, S; Rivard, C; Gammon, P; Savard, M M; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 88, 2018 p. 125-137, https://doi.org/10.4095/308302  Open Access |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations of May
8th, 2018: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects, May 2018 |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 73M/13; 73M/14; 73M/15; 73M/16; 74D; 74E; 74L/01; 74L/02; 74L/03; 74L/04; 74L/05; 74L/06; 74L/07; 74L/08; 83P/14; 83P/15; 83P/16; 84A/01; 84A/02; 84A/03; 84A/06; 84A/07; 84A/08; 84A/09; 84A/10; 84A/11;
84A/14; 84A/15; 84A/16; 84H/01; 84H/02; 84H/03; 84H/06; 84H/07; 84H/08; 84H/09; 84H/10; 84H/11; 84H/14; 84H/15; 84H/16; 84I/01; 84I/02; 84I/03; 84I/06; 84I/07; 84I/08 |
| Area | Athabasca River; Fort McKay; Fort McMurray; Muskeg River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -113.5000 -110.0000 58.5000 55.7500 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; fossil fuels; environmental studies; environmental impacts; pollutants; atmospheric geochemistry; organic materials; nitrogen; ecosystems; soils; soil geochemistry; vegetation;
surface waters; lakes; mining; oil sands; petroleum resources; hydrocarbons; lake sediment cores; biogeochemistry; isotopic studies; microorganisms; snow; isotopic studies; nitrate; carbon isotopes; modelling; Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR);
Forests; Trees; Atmospheric emissions |
| Illustrations | schematic representations; location maps; photographs; plots; geochemical plots; bar graphs; formulae |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience
Management |
| Released | 2018 06 27; 2018 07 04 |
| Abstract | A follow-up to the successful CORES Project (2009-2014), SOURCES (SOurce apportionment Using isotope Ratio Characterization of oil sands Environmental Samples; 2014-2019) is focused on the development
and application of geochemical and isotopic methodologies to distinguish between natural and anthropogenic contaminants and to better understand processes controlling their distribution in Northern Alberta's Athabasca oil sands region. The project is
divided into research activities centred on airborne and waterborne contaminants. The airborne activity is examining: (A) the impact of contaminants on the forest nitrogen cycle through the study of air (NH3/NH4 and NO3), soils, micro-organisms, and
tree stems, rootlets and leaves; and (B) the characteristics of organic contaminants (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs) in lake sediments and snow. The waterborne activity is focused on the surface water-groundwater interactions in areas
potentially impacted by emissions from the large tailings ponds. The main contaminants of concern for the waterborne component are metals and naphthenic acids - a complex mixture of carboxylic acids found naturally in bitumen that become concentrated
in oil sands process-affected water. As of spring 2018, all fieldwork required to support this research (both activities) is completed. Analyses on air N species, soil microbiome, nitrogen and nutrients in various compartments of trees and soils, on
PAHs in lake sediments and snow, and on metals and naphthenic acids in groundwater and surface water samples are ongoing. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP) provides scientific research projects by the Geological Survey of Canada to advance knowledge related to the
development of Canada's natural resources. The scientific breakthroughs presented at this annual meeting of the EGP are at the root of responsible resource management by the natural resources sector. The body of research also contributes to the
implementation of regulations that protect Canadians and their environment |
| GEOSCAN ID | 308302 |
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