• DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00107
Corpus ID: 2463397

Microbially-accelerated consolidation of oil sands tailings. Pathway II: solid phase biogeochemistry

@article{Siddique2014MicrobiallyacceleratedCO,
  title={Microbially-accelerated consolidation of oil sands tailings. Pathway II: solid phase biogeochemistry},
  author={T. Siddique and P. Kuznetsov and A. Kuznetsova and C. Li and R. Young and J. Arocena and J. Foght},
  journal={Frontiers in Microbiology},
  year={2014},
  volume={5}
}

T. Siddique, P. Kuznetsov, +4 authors J. Foght

Published 2014

Chemistry, Medicine

Frontiers in Microbiology

Consolidation of clay particles in aqueous tailings suspensions is a major obstacle to effective management of oil sands tailings ponds in northern Alberta, Canada. We have observed that microorganisms indigenous to the tailings ponds accelerate consolidation of mature fine tailings (MFT) during active metabolism by using two biogeochemical pathways. In Pathway I, microbes alter porewater chemistry to indirectly increase consolidation of MFT. Here, we describe Pathway II comprising significant… CONTINUE READING

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