Articles | Volume 21, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12783-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12783-2021
Research article
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30 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 30 Aug 2021

Impact of Athabasca oil sands operations on mercury levels in air and deposition

Ashu Dastoor, Andrei Ryjkov, Gregor Kos, Junhua Zhang, Jane Kirk, Matthew Parsons, and Alexandra Steffen

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-296', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 May 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', A. Ryjkov, 14 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2021-296', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jul 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', A. Ryjkov, 14 Jul 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Andrei Ryjkov on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2021)  Author's response   Manuscript 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (15 Jul 2021)  Author's tracked changes 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Jul 2021) by Aurélien Dommergue
AR by Andrei Ryjkov on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2021)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
An assessment of mercury levels in air and deposition in the Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR) in Northern Alberta, Canada, was conducted to investigate the contribution of Hg emitted from oil sands activities to the surrounding landscape using a 3D process-based Hg model in 2012–2015. Oil sands Hg emissions are found to be important sources of Hg contamination to the local landscape in proximity to the processing activities, particularly in wintertime.
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