Abstract: The oil sands mining industry in Canada has made a commitment to reclaim mining areas to an equivalent capability to that which existed prior to mining. An essential requirement in the design of reclamation covers to meet ...

Abstract: Evaporative losses from the surface of barren waste rock piles in arid environments occur as a result of water vapor diffusion. Water vapor diffusion is accompanied by adsorption of water vapor. A review of the literature ...

Abstract: The evolution of the field saturated hydraulic conductivity of four covers located on a reclaimed saline-sodic shale overburden from oil sands mining is presented. Three covers consisted of a surface layer of peat/glacial ...