Snow, Oil Sands Region

Atmospheric Contaminant Deposition using Snowpack The data set includes snow samples (metals, water chemistry and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]). Data from 2012-2014 snowpack samples collected from ~90-130 sites located varying distances from the major oil sands development area show deposition patterns and levels consistent with earlier studies carried out in 2008 (Kelly et al. PNAS, 2009 and 2010). As with earlier findings, concentrations of numerous metals, water chemistry parameters (Ni, Pb, Zn, V, La, Al, Fe, total Hg, methyl Hg, total suspended solids [TSS], particulate organic carbon [POC], particulate organic nitrogen [PON], total phosphorus [TP]) and PAHs decrease with distance from the major mining extraction and upgrading facilities. Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) guidelines do not exist for snow.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
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Date Stamp
2022-06-28T20:27:27
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2015-07-08
Date (Creation)
2014-01-29
Date (Revision)
2016-04-07
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Principal investigator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Jane Kirk ( Research Scientist, )
867 Lakeshore Road , Burlington , Ontario , L7S 1A1 , Canada
905-336-4712

Keywords

Theme

  • oil sands, monitoring, atmospheric deposition, contaminant, fate and transport, monitoring, polycyclic aromatic compound, metals, mercury, methylmercury, snowpack, Athabasca, river, basin, near-field, far-field, Fort McMurray

  • Observation/Measurement

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Snow

  • Oil sands

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Geography

  • Prairie - Saskatchewan (SK)

  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)

  • Territories - Northwest Territories (NT)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2012-01-02

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Snow and Wet Precipitation

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Keywords

Observation/Measurement oil sands, monitoring, atmospheric deposition, contaminant, fate and transport, monitoring, polycyclic aromatic compound, metals, mercury, methylmercury, snowpack, Athabasca, river, basin, near-field, far-field, Fort McMurray
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
ECCC Information Category EN
Water - Quality
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Oil sands Snow
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Water Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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