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Figure 1: [Untitled image of surface mining]. (2024) Oil Sands Magazine. https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/technical/category/MINING
Figure 2: Modified from Google Earth
Figure 3 through 5: Self illustrated using Sketchbook
Figure 6 through 11: Self-plotted using Rstudio.
Photo in introduction wihout a caption: Aasberg, S. (2018). Hilled and ridged treatments in 2018 [Photograph]. In Aasberg, S. The Role of Microtopography in Vegetation Colonization and Early Forest Development on Mine Reclamation Sites [Unpublished master's thesis]
Home page: Syncrude Canada Ltd. (n.d.). Syncrude's reclaimed Mildred Lake oil sands mine, in Alberta, Canada [Photograph]. Earth Magazine. https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/reclaiming-albertas-oil-sands-mines/
Acknowledgment image: Aasberg, S. (2018). Hilled and ridged treatments in 2018 [Photograph, modified]. In Aasberg, S. The Role of Microtopography in Vegetation Colonization and Early Forest Development on Mine Reclamation Sites [Unpublished master's thesis] Adapted image.
Introduction page: Canadian Natural. (n.d.). Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) [Photograph]. Oil Sands Mining & Upgrading. https://www.cnrl.com/world-class-assets/oil-sands/#world-class-assets
Methods page: Vassov, R. (2015). Overview of the treatment plots on the south-facing slope in early spring 2015 before the first growing season following treatment construction [Photograph]. In Aasberg, S. The Role of Microtopography in Vegetation Colonization and Early Forest Development on Mine Reclamation Sites [Unpublished master's thesis]
Data page: Aasberg, S. (2018). Hilled and ridged treatments in 2018 [Photograph, modified]. In Aasberg, S. The Role of Microtopography in Vegetation Colonization and Early Forest Development on Mine Reclamation Sites [Unpublished master's thesis] Adapted image.
Results page: Syncrude Canada Ltd. (n.d.). An area in the process of being reclaimed [Photograph]. Earth Magazine. https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/reclaiming-albertas-oil-sands-mines/
Reference page: Canadian Natural Resources Limited. (n.d.). [Header image, Oil Sands page]. Canadian Natural. https://www.cnrl.com/world-class-assets/oil-sands/#world-class-assets