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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Alberta (Canada)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalother date: start of production, 1967en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date1967en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-02T15:03:37Z
dc.date.available2014-12-02T15:03:37Z
dc.date.issued1967en_US
dc.identifier249218en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/165350
dc.descriptionaerial view, wisps of steam rise from a tailings pond in the early morning at the Suncor Energy tar sands processing plant about 20 miles north of Fort McMurray. Tailings are the waste materials left over after extracting pure bitumen from sand and clay with which it is found in deposits. The ponds contain a complex mixture of heavy metals and volatile organic compounds, many of which are considered toxic, 4/4/2014en_US
dc.relation.ispartof144262en_US
dc.rights© Alex S. MacLean / Landslidesen_US
dc.subjectMiningen_US
dc.subjectOil sands -- Albertaen_US
dc.subjectAthabasca Tar Sands (Alta.)en_US
dc.subjectAerial viewsen_US
dc.subjectPollutionen_US
dc.subjectSuncor Energyen_US
dc.subjectAerial photography -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectMining corporationsen_US
dc.titleAlberta Oil Sands Minesen_US
dc.title.alternativeAlberta Tar Sands Minesen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode140407-0334en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.worktypeMine (extracting complex)en_US
dc.contributor.displayCanadianen_US


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