Surficial Bitumen in the Athabasca Oilsands Region, Alberta, Canada

摘要：

The Athabasca Oilsands of Northeastern Alberta, Canada, represent a significant deposit of hydrocarbons. Much of the material is recovered by surface mining operations. Alberta regulators require establishment of equivalent land capability at mine closure. This will require significant amounts of clean material for cover systems and ecosystem reconstruction. Recent cuts in the proposed borrow areas for cover material have revealed unusual deposits of bitumen in the surficial materials. This paper outlines recent work in characterizing the hydrocarbon composition of the bitumen through field sampling and analysis by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection and gravimetric analysis. This paper also presents an initial investigation of contaminant mobility and biodegradability conducted by a soil column leaching experiment designed for this purpose.

关键词： surficial bitumen Athabasca Oilsands hydrocarbon composition

作者: FLEMING Matthew FLEMING Ian HEADLEY John DU Jinglong PERU Kerry

作者单位: Department of Civil and Geological Engineering,University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon,Canada Water Science and Technology Directorate,Environment Canada,Saskatoon,Canada

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology(2009环境科学与技术国际会议)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 1882-1886

在线出版日期: 2009-06-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）