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Publications

Zabel, A., Ketcheson, S., Petrone, R. (2023). Climatic Controls on the water balance of a pilot-scale oil sands mining pit lake in the Athabasca oil sands region, Canada. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2023.2270301

Ketcheson, S.J., Golubev, V., Illing, D. et al. (2023). Application and performance of a Low Power Wide Area Sensor Network for distributed remote hydrological measurements. Sci Rep 13, 18050. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45474-9

Weiland, L.; Green-Harrison, T.; Ketcheson, S. (2023). The Influence of Seismic Lines on Wildfire Potential in the Boreal Region of Northern Alberta, Canada. Forests, 14, 1574. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14081574

Morris, P. J., Davies, M. L., Baird, A. J., Balliston, N., Bourgault, M.-A., Clymo, R. S., et al. (2022). Saturated hydraulic conductivity in northern peats inferred from other measurements. Water Resources Research, 58, e2022WR033181. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022WR033181

Spennato, H.M., Ketcheson, S.J., Mendoza, C.A. and Carey, S.K. (2018) Water table dynamics in a constructed wetland, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Hydrological Processes. 32: 3824-3836. doi:10.1002/hyp.13308.

Kessel, E., Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2018) The distribution and migration of sodium from a reclaimed upland to a constructed fen peatland in a post-mined oil sands landscape. Science of the Total Environment. 630: 1553-1564. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.253.

Ketcheson, S.J., Price, J.S., Sutton, O., Kessel, E., Sutherland, G. and Petrone, R.M. (2017) The hydrological functioning of a constructed fen wetland watershed. Science of the Total Environment 603-604: 593-605. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.101.

McCarter, C., Ketcheson, S.J., Weber, T.K.D., Whittington, P.N., Scarlett, S. and Price, J.S. (2017) A modified technique for measuring unsaturated hydraulic conductivity in Sphagnum moss and peat.Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81 (4): 747-757. doi:10.2136/sssaj2017.01.0006.rn

Wells, C.M., Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2017) Hydrology of a wetland-dominated headwater basin in the Boreal Plain, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Hydrology. 547: 168 – 183. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol. 2017.01.052..

Ketcheson, S.J., Price, J.S., Carey, S.K., Petrone, R.M., Mendoza, C.A. and Devito, K.J. (2016) Constructing fen peatlands in post-mining oil sands landscapes: challenges and opportunities from a hydrological perspective. Earth-Science Reviews 161: 130-139. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.08.007.10.1002/hyp.9414.

Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2016) Comparison of the hydrological role of two reclaimed slopes of different ages in the Athabasca oil sands region, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 53(9): 1533 – 1546. doi: 10.1139/cgj-2015-0391.

Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2016) Snow hydrology of a constructed watershed in the Athabasca oil sands region, Alberta, Canada. Hydrological Processes 30: 2546-2561. doi:10.1002/hyp.10813

Nwaishi, F., Petrone, R.M., Price, J.S., Ketcheson, S.J., Slawson, R. and Andersen, R. (2015) Impacts of donor-peat management practices on the functional characteristics of a constructed fen. Ecological Engineering 81: 471-480. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.038.

Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2014) Characterization of the fluxes and stores of water within newly formed Sphagnum moss cushions and their environment. Ecohydrology 7 (2): 771-782. doi:10.1002/eco.1399.

Ketcheson, S.J., Price, J.S., Tighe, S. and Stone, M. (2014) Transport and retention of water and salt within pervious concrete pavements subjected to freezing and sand application. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 19 (11). ASCE. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001036.

Ketcheson, S.J., Whittington, P.N. and Price, J.S. (2012) The effect of peatland harvesting on snow accumulation, ablation and snow surface energy balance. Hydrological Processes 26 (17): 2592-2600. doi:10.1002/hyp.9325.

Richardson, M., Ketcheson, S.J., Whittington, P.N. and Price, J.S. (2012) The influences of catchment geomorphology and scale on runoff generation in a northern peatland complex. Hydrological Processes 26 (12): 1805-1817. doi:10.1002/hyp.9322.

Whittington, P.N., Ketcheson, S.J., Price, J.S., Richardson, M. and DiFebo, A. (2012) Areal differentiation of snow Peatlands accumulation and melt between peatland types in the James Bay Lowland. Hydrological Processes 26 (17): 2663-2671. doi:10.1002/hyp.9414

Ketcheson, S.J. and Price, J.S. (2011) The impact of peatland restoration on the site hydrology of an abandoned block-cut bog. Wetlands 31 (6): 1263-1274 doi:10.1007/s13157-011-0241-0.

Price, J.S., and Ketcheson, S.J. (2009) Water relations in cutover peatlands. In: Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands (eds. Baird, A.J. et al.). Geophysical Monograph Series 184, 277-288. American Geophysical Union: 10.1029 / 2008GM000827.

Waddington, J.M., Ketcheson, S.J., Kellner, E., Strack, M. and Baird, A.J. (2009) Evidence that piezometers vent gas from peat soils and implications for pore-water pressure and hydraulic conductivity measurements. Hydrological Processes 23 (8): 1249-1254. doi:10.1002/hyp.7244.

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