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TitleSOURCES: airborne contamination in the oil sands region / Contamination par transport aérien dans la région des sables bitumineux
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AuthorSavard, M MORCID logo
SourcePublic presentations of May 8th, 2018: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects, May 2018; by Jacob, N; Kao, HORCID logo; Galloway, JORCID logo; Parsons, MORCID logo; White, DORCID logo; Larmagnat, S; Rivard, CORCID logo; Gammon, P; Savard, M MORCID logo; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 88, 2018 p. 125-137, https://doi.org/10.4095/308302 Open Access logo Open Access
Year2018
PublisherNatural Resources Canada
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediaon-line; digital
RelatedThis publication is contained in Public presentations of May 8th, 2018: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects, May 2018
File formatpdf
ProvinceAlberta
NTS73M/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
AreaAthabasca River; Fort McKay; Fort McMurray; Muskeg River
Lat/Long WENS-113.5000 -110.0000 58.5000 55.7500
Subjectsenvironmental 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
Illustrationsschematic representations; location maps; photographs; plots; geochemical plots; bar graphs; formulae
ProgramEnvironmental Geoscience Management
Released2018 06 27; 2018 07 04
AbstractA 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.
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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
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