H13A:
Advances in Oil Sands Reclamation Research
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Session ID#: 6185
Session Description:
Oil sand extraction activities in Northern Alberta result in large-scale removal of the surficial landscape. Accordingly, post-extraction reclamation of these areas requires that entire landforms and drainage systems be reconstructed. Until recently, reclamation research has mostly focused on performance assessment conducted on a smaller scale; however it is becoming more urgent to adopt a watershed-scale approach to research in post-extraction landscapes in order to evaluate the efficacy of current closure landscape designs. Characterizing the fluxes and stores of water and solutes both within the laboratory and in the field contribute to the understanding of watershed-scale hydrological and geochemical regimes in these constructed ecosystems.
The goal of this session is to bring together current research pertaining to reclamation of post-extraction oil sands landscapes conducted at different scales (laboratory to hillslope to watershed) to provide a balanced assessment of the current state of oil sands reclamation research.
OSPA Liaison: Jonathan S Price, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Chairs: Jonathan S Price, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada and Scott J Ketcheson, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Primary Convener: Jonathan S Price, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Convener: Scott J Ketcheson, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Soil and vegetation development affect the evolution of hydrological pathways in engineered hillslopes (35736)
Willemijn M Appels1, Andrew M Ireson2, Jeffrey McDonnell3 and Lee S. Barbour1, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (3)University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability, Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Controls on Plot-Scale Evapotranspiration from a Constructed Fen in a Post-Mined Oil Sands Landscape, Fort McMurray, Alberta (36276)
Sarah Scarlett1, Richard M Petrone2 and Jonathan S Price1, (1)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (2)University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Examining the Water Use Efficiency of a Constructed Fen-Upland Watershed in Alberta, Canada. (36472)
George Sutherland, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada and Richard M Petrone, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Multi-Year Water Balance Assessment of a Constructed Wetland, Fort McMurray, Alberta (34037)
Dr. Erin M Nicholls, PhD1, Sean Kevin Carey1, Gordon B Drewitt2, Elyn Humphreys3, M. Graham Clark4 and Carl A Mendoza5, (1)McMaster University, School of Earth, Environment and Society, Hamilton, ON, Canada, (2)McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, (3)Carleton University, Geography & Environmental Studies, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (4)Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (5)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Carbon and water vapour fluxes for the first two years of a constructed wetland. (35995)
M. Graham Clark1, Elyn Humphreys1 and Sean Kevin Carey2, (1)Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2)McMaster University, School of Earth, Environment and Society, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Inversion Technique for Well-Pad Restoration to a Peatland Ecosystem: Ecohydrological Conditions and Carbon Exchange (34402)
Maria Strack, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Matthew Coulas, University of Calgary, Geography, Calgary, AB, Canada, Bin Xu, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Boreal Research Institute, Peace River, AB, Canada, Gabrielle Préfontaine-Dastous, Université Laval, Phytologie, Québec, QC, Canada and Line Rochefort, Université Laval, Phytologie, Québec, Canada
