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: Evapotranspirative covers used for waste containment or land reclamation strategies are intended to function in perpetuity. Pedogenesis of the cover materials caused by biophysical processes may lead to the development of ...

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 ...