Field Testing of Selected Salt-Tolerant Screened Balsam Poplar (<i>Populus balsamifera</i> L.) Clones for Use in Reclamation around End-Pit Lakes Associated with Bitumen Extraction in Northern Alberta

Field Testing of Selected Salt-Tolerant Screened Balsam Poplar (<i>Populus balsamifera</i> L.) Clones for Use in Reclamation around End-Pit Lakes Associated with Bitumen Extraction in Northern Alberta

For the oil sands mine sites in northern Alberta, the presence of salty process affected water, a byproduct of the hot-water bitumen extraction process, is anticipated to pose a challenge on some reconstructed landforms. The fundamental challenge when re-vegetating these sites is to ensure not only...

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Main Authors: Yue Hu, David Kamelchuk, Richard Krygier, Barb R. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
oil sands reclamation
end-pit lake
balsam poplar
salt tolerance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/5/572

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