Oil sands surface mining in Alberta has generated over a billion cubic metres of waste,
known as tailings, consisting of sands, silts, clays, and process-affected water that contains …

Reclamation of fluid fine tailings (FFT) produced by mined oil sands ore processing is an
environmental and technical challenge. End-pit lakes (EPLs) are a prospective reclamation …

Energy companies in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region in Alberta, Canada are evaluating
the viability of incorporating pit lakes into reclamation closure designs to both sequester …

ABSTRACT Base Mine Lake (BML) is the first full-scale demonstration end pit lake for the oil
sands mining industry in Canada. We examined aerobic methanotrophic bacteria over all …

Abstract Base Mine Lake (BML) was the first commercial-scale demonstration oil sands pit
lake established in northern Alberta, Canada. Recent studies indicate that ebullition …

Methane ebullition (bubbling) from lake sediments is an important methane flux into the
atmosphere. Previous studies have focused on the open‐water season, showing that …

Water-capped tailings technology (WCTT) is a key component of the reclamation strategies
in the Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR) of northeastern Alberta, Canada. The release of …

Here, we examine the geobiological response to a whole-lake alum (aluminum sulfate)
treatment (2016) of Base Mine Lake (BML), the first pilot-scale pit lake established in the …

Eddy covariance (EC) is one of the most effective ways to directly observe evaporation from
a lake surface. However, the deployment of EC systems on lakes is costly and technically …

Methane ebullition from lakes is an important contributor to atmospheric greenhouse gases.
However, ebullition is typically sampled at intervals greater than the duration of ebullition …