Assessment of mercury enrichment in lake sediment records from Alberta Oil Sands development via fluvial and atmospheric pathways

Exploitation of bitumen-rich deposits in the Alberta Oil Sands Region (AOSR) by large-scale mining and processing activities has generated widespread concern about the potential for dispersal of harmful contaminants to aquatic ecosystems via fluvial and atmospheric pathways. The release of mercury h...

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Published in:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Main Authors: Mitchell L. Kay, Johan A. Wiklund, Xiaoyu Sun, Cory A. M. Savage, Jennifer K. Adams, Lauren A. MacDonald, Wynona H. Klemt, Kathleen C. Brown, Roland I. Hall, Brent B. Wolfe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Subjects:
Alberta Oil Sands Region
Wood Buffalo National Park
mercury
sediment quality
paleolimnology
aquatic ecosystem monitoring
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Canada
Wood Buffalo
Peace-Athabasca Delta
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.949339
https://doaj.org/article/33b1508c99944cee9ac2d78b66a8459f

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