Influence of saline groundwater discharge on river water chemistry in the Athabasca oil sands region – A chloride stable isotope and mass balance approach

• Published in: Applied Geochemistry
• Main Authors: Gue, Anita, Grasby, Stephen E., Mayer, Bernhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Saline groundwater; Athabasca oil sands; Chloride stable isotopes; Athabasca River; Clearwater River; Alberta
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/115944; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/46061; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.10.004

A chloride mass and stable isotope (δ37Cl) balance approach was employed to calculate the effect of saline groundwater discharge into the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in north-eastern Alberta, Canada. Saline groundwater affected by halite, carbonate, and a...