Geoscience of Climate and Energy 12. Water Quality Issues in the Oil Sands Region of the Lower Athabasca River, Alberta

I summarize the controversies about industrial pollutants in freshwaters near the oil sands industrial area of Alberta, the inadequacies in environmental monitoring that have led to widespread misconceptions, and recent attempts to correct the problems. Adequate data are available to show that mercu...

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Published in:Geoscience Canada
Main Author: Schindler, David W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Association of Canada 2013
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/20409