{"id":205,"date":"2023-12-17T14:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T14:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckennageotechnical.com\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:19:38","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mckennageotechnical.com\/index.php\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e182d8cfd97d623669b3944bb676659\" style=\"color:#296f97\">PUBLICATIONS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gord@mckennageotechnical.com\">email Gord McKenna<\/a>&nbsp;to request a copy of any of the papers listed here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Abbott RM &amp; McKenna GT. 2012.&nbsp;<em>Sustainable mining now. turning ideas and ideals into reality<\/em>. Mine Closure 2012. Brisbane. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. p771-781.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, An R, Scordo E, &amp; McGreevy J. 2013.&nbsp;<em>Toward effective closure planning: From progressive reclamation to sustainable mining<\/em>. Tailings and Mine Waste \u201913. Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste, November 3-6, Banff. University of Alberta Geotechnical Center, Edmonton. p615-625.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ansah-Sam M, Hachey L, McKenna G, &amp; Mooder B. 2016.&nbsp;<em>The DBM approach for setting engineering design criteria for an oil sands mine closure plan<\/em>. Fifth International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, December 4-7. Lake Louise, Alberta. University of Alberta Geotechnical Group, Edmonton. 11p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Aubertin M &amp; McKenna G. 2016.&nbsp;<em>Tailings Disposal Challenges and Prospects for Oil Sands Mining Operations<\/em>. Geo-Chicago 2016: Geotechnics for Sustainable Energy. Aug 14-18. Chicago. p359-371.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Barbour S &amp; McKenna G. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Engineering for Wetland Reclamation, Reclamation and Restoration of Boreal Peatland and Forest Ecosystems: Toward a Sustainable Future<\/em>. Edmonton. March 25-27. Paper 3-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">BGC Engineering Inc. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Oil Sands Tailings Technology Review<\/em>. OSRIN Report No. TR-1. BGC Engineering Inc. Vancouver. 136 pp.&nbsp;<em>(co-author).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">BGC Engineering Inc. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Review of Reclamation Options for Oil Sands Tailings Substrates<\/em>. OSRIN Report No. TR-2. BGC Engineering Inc. Vancouver. 59p.&nbsp;<em>(co-author).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cassie J &amp; McKenna G. 2016.&nbsp;<em>Mine closure planning, design and implementation: from hand-waving to reality<\/em>. Planning for Closure 2016: First International Congress on Planning for Closure of Mining Operations. Santiago, Chile. November 20-22. Gecamin. Santiago. 9 pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Chow R, McKenna G, Win SMK, &amp; Journault J. 2013.&nbsp;<em>Recovery of Bitumen from Oil Sands Tailings Streams and Deposits: Potential Opportunities and Benefits<\/em>. Consultant&#8217;s report for Alberta Innovates, Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES) and the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). Report dated Dec 18, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Consortium of Tailings Management Consultants (CTMC). 2012.&nbsp;<em>Oil Sands Tailings Technology Deployment Roadmap: Project Report \u2013 Volume 2, Component 1 Results<\/em>. Consultants report to Alberta Innovates \u2013 Energy and Environment Solutions. June 22, 2012. 112 pp. (Co-author).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Council of Canadian Academies (CCA). 2015.&nbsp;<em>Technological Prospects for Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Oil Sands: The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development<\/em>. Council of Canadian Academies. Ottawa. 254p. (panel member and author).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Crossley C, Russell B, van Zyl D, &amp; McKenna G. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Developing an operation, maintenance and surveillance manual for the post-closure management of tailings facilities<\/em>. Mine Closure 2011 Conference. September 18-21. Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. Perth. 10p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA). 2005.&nbsp;<em>Landscape Design Checklist, Revised RSDS Government Regulator Version<\/em>. May 2005. CEMA-RWG Landscape Design Subgroup. 8p. (editor and co-author).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA). 2012.&nbsp;<em>Oil Sands End Pit Lakes Guidance Document<\/em>. CEMA. Fort McMurray. 494 pp. (chapter author, technical advisor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA). 2014.&nbsp;<em>Guidelines for Wetland Establishment on Reclaimed Oil Sands Leases<\/em>&nbsp;(3rd Edition). CEMA. Fort McMurray. 436p.&nbsp;<em>(chapter author, technical advisor).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Daly C, Atkinson J, Birkham T, Chapman D, Ciborowski J, McKenna G, O\u2019Kane M, Price J, Rochefort L, &amp; Russell B. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Novel wetland reclamation design: The Suncor pilot fen and Wapisiw wetland<\/em>. 37th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop October 3-6. Toronto. Fisheries and Oceans Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Eaton BR, Fisher JT, McKenna GT, &amp; Pollard J. 2014.&nbsp;<em>An Ecological Framework for Wildlife Habitat Design for Oil Sands Mine Reclamation<\/em>. OSRIN Report No. TR-67. Oil Sands Research and Information Network, University of Alberta. Edmonton. 83p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fair JM, Pollard J, &amp; McKenna GT. 2014.&nbsp;<em>Reclaimed closure landscapes: the importance and benefits of operations maintenance and monitoring<\/em>. 38th BCTRCR Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium. Sep 22-25. Prince George, BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Holden A, McKenna G, Fan X, &amp; Biggar K. 2014.<em>&nbsp;The potential impact of different types of tailings on water quality and quantity reporting to oil sands end pit lakes: a preliminary modeling exercise<\/em>. International Oil Sands Tailings Conference (IOSTC 2014). December 7-10. Lake Louise, Canada. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre. Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jakubick AT &amp; McKenna GT. 2001.&nbsp;<em>Stabilization of soft tailings. practice and experience<\/em>. Eighth International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Management (ICEM&#8217;01). Brugge Belgium. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jakubick AT, McKenna GT, &amp; Robertson AM. 2003.&nbsp;<em>Stabilisation of tailings deposits: international experience<\/em>. Sudbury 2003. Mining and the Environment. Sudbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Keys MJ, Ducharme J, &amp; McKenna G. 2000.<em>&nbsp;Incorporating landscape design into closure planning at the Syncrude Mine Site<\/em>. Global Land Reclamation\/Remediation 2000 and Beyond. Proceedings of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association 25th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Keys MJ, McKenna G, Sawatsky L, &amp; Van Meer T. 1995.<em>&nbsp;Natural analogs for sustainable reclamation landscape design at Syncrude<\/em>. Environmental Management for Mining. Saskatoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Kostaschuk RA, Luternauer JL, McKenna GT, &amp; Moslow TF. 1992. &#8220;Sediment transport in a submarine channel system, Fraser River Delta Canada.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Sedimentary Petrology<\/em>. 62:273-282.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Kostaschuk RA, Luternauer JL, McKenna GT, &amp; Moslow TF. 1990.&nbsp;<em>Morphology and sediment transport in a submarine channel system; Fraser River Delta<\/em>British Columbia Geological Association of Canada \u2013 Mineralogical Association of Canada annual meeting. Program with abstracts Waterloo. 15:71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Kupper AG, Hurndall B, Morgenstern N, Sobkowicz J, Abeda W, Baldwin G, Cameron R, Eenkooren N, Grapel C, Martens S, McKenna G, Mihiretu Y, Mimura W, Parson K, Paz S, Petersen T, Small A, Tan S, Wog K, &amp; Yazdanpanah S. 2013.&nbsp;<em>De-licensing oil sands tailings dams \u2013 when is a dam no longer a dam?&nbsp;<\/em>Tailings and Mine Waste \u201913. Seventeenth International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste November 3-6, Banff. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre. Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">List BR &amp; McKenna GT. 1990.&nbsp;<em>Shallow translational failures along thin Marine Clay layers at the Syncrude Canada Ltd open pit mine<\/em>. 43rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Quebec City. Canadian Geotechnical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Liu Y &amp; McKenna G. 1999.&nbsp;<em>Applications of wickdrains in Syncrude composite tailings<\/em>. 52nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Regina. Canadian Geotechnical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McGreevy J, McKenna G, An R, &amp; Scordo E. 2013.&nbsp;<em>Regional mine closure plans \u2013 The next improvement in closure planning<\/em>. Tailings and Mine Waste 2013 Conference. Banff. Nov 3-6. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre, Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKee WN &amp; McKenna GT. 1997.&nbsp;<em>Closure planning. actions today to control cost and liability tomorrow. CIM District 5 Mining Conference<\/em>. Fort McMurray. Canadian Institute of Mining. Paper 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 2004.&nbsp;<em>Geoenvironmental characterization of a large sulphur block at Syncrude: results from 2003 field investigation<\/em>. Syncrude Canada Ltd. for University of Calgary, Department of Chemistry, Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G &amp; Cullen V. 2008.&nbsp;<em>Landscape design for soft tailings deposit<\/em>. Tailings and Mine Waste 08 Conference. Vail, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G &amp; Dawson R. 1997.&nbsp;<em>Landscape engineering for sustainable development<\/em>. Geotechnical Society of Edmonton Third Annual Symposium. April 4. Edmonton. 12p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G &amp; Lewko R. 1995.&nbsp;<em>44 blockslides in the Athabasca Oil Sands<\/em>. 48<sup>th<\/sup>Canadian Geotechnical Society Conference. Sep 25-27. Vancouver. p909-916.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Biggar K, Win SMK, Journault J, Eaton T, Sego D, &amp; Morgenstern N. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Oil sands tailings sand hydraulic conductivity<\/em>. 2nd International Oil Sands Tailings Conference. December 5-8. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre. Edmonton p21-29,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Dawson R, Hyndman A, LeSueur P &amp; Sobkowicz J. 2012.&nbsp;<em>The Oil Sands Tailings Roadmap and Action Plan \u2014 Oil Sands Tailings State of Practice Overview<\/em>. International Oil Sands Tailings Symposium, Edmonton. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre, Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Keys M, Van Meer T. Roy L. &amp; Sawatsky. 2000.&nbsp;<em>The impact of beaver dams on the design and construction of reclaimed mines sites<\/em>. Proceedings of the 24th Annual British Columbia Mine and Reclamation Symposium, Williams Lake, BC. 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Livingstone G, &amp; Lord T. 1994. &#8220;Advances in slope-monitoring instrumentation at Syncrude Canada Ltd.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;12:66-69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Mann V, Fisseha B, Beier N, &amp; Olmedo N. 2016.&nbsp;<em>The geotechnical vane strength of soft tailings compared to soft foods<\/em>. Fifth International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, December 4-7. Lake Louise, Alberta. University of Alberta Geotechnical Group, Edmonton. 11p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Mann V, Fisseha B, Beier N, &amp; Olmedo N.&nbsp;<em>in press<\/em>. &#8220;This tailings has the consistency of chocolate pudding: a formal comparison of the geotechnical vane shear strength of food and soft tailings.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Mooder B, Burton B, &amp; Jamieson A. 2016.&nbsp;<em>Shear strength and density of oil sands fine tailings for reclamation to a boreal forest landscape<\/em>. IOSTC International Oil Sands Tailings Conference. Lake Louise. Dec 4 to 7. University of Alberta Geotechnical Group. Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, O&#8217;Kane M, &amp; Qualizza C. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Tools for bringing mine reclamation research to commercial implementation<\/em>. Tailings and Mine Waste 2011 Conference. Vancouver. Nov 6-9. 11p<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Scordo E, Shuttleworth D, Straker J, Purdy B, &amp; Buchko J. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Aesthetics for mine closure. Mine Closure 2011 Conference<\/em>. Lake Louise, Canada. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. Perth. 1:603-612.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G, Straker J, &amp; O&#8217;Kane M. 2016.&nbsp;<em>Custodial transfer of reclaimed mines: barriers and opportunities<\/em>. TRCR 40th Annual BC Mine Reclamation Symposium. Penticton, BC, Canada. Sept 2016. 12p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1987.&nbsp;<em>Evidence of large-scale mass wasting on the Fraser River delta front at Sands Heads British Columbia<\/em>. BSc These. Department of Applied Sciences. Geological Engineering Program. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. 1v.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1991.&nbsp;<em>Grouted-in installation of piezometers in boreholes<\/em>. 44th Canadian Geotechnical Society Conference. Calgary. Canadian Geotechnical Society. Paper 55. 12p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1995. &#8220;Advances in slope-monitoring instrumentation at Syncrude Canada Ltd \u2014 a follow up.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical New<\/em>s v13.42-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1995. &#8220;Grouted-in installation of piezometers in boreholes.&#8221; Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 32:355-363.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1996. &#8220;Concepts in lease-closure landscapes.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>CIM Bulletin<\/em>&nbsp;89:89-95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1996. &#8220;Planning geotechnical tests and investigations for analysis and presentation \u2014 Part 1.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;14:37-45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1997. &#8220;Injecting science into geotechnical research field programs.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;15:49-56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1998. &#8220;Celebrating 25 Years. Syncrude&#8217;s Geotechnical Review Board.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;16:34-41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1998.&nbsp;<em>Overview of the CT process (Syncrude Canada Ltd.). Terrestrial reclamation of challenging materials in the Oil Sands Industry.<\/em>Proceedings of the TERRE workshop, Jan 29-30. University of Alberta, Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1999.&nbsp;<em>1999 Soft Tailings Workshop. Soft Rock and Coal Mechanics Workshop<\/em>. Canadian Institute of Mining. Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1999. &#8220;An era passes at Syncrude \u2014 farewell to Dragline No. 2 &#8220;Discovery&#8221;.&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>. p37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 1999.&nbsp;<em>Elements of successful reclamation<\/em>. CIM Workshop, Calgary.1v.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 2006. &#8220;Rules of thumb for geotechnical instrumentation costs.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 2008.&nbsp;<em>Landscape design for oil sands tailings<\/em>. International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, Edmonton. December 7-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 2009.&nbsp;<em>Exploring Closing options: taking a life-cycle approach to planning to achieve optimal reclamation<\/em>. Best Practices in Tailings Management and Reclamation. Sep 17-18, Calgary. Canadian Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna G. 2012.&nbsp;<em>Sustainable mining and landform design<\/em>. David C Sego Symposium. April 26-27. University of Alberta. Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT &amp; Kostaschuk RA. 1990.&nbsp;<em>Submarine slope failures at the mouth of the Fraser River British Columbia<\/em>. Geological Association of Canada \u2013 Mineralogical Association of Canada. Waterloo. Geological Association of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT &amp; List BR. 1990.<em>&nbsp;Impact of Upper McMurray Formation Marine Oil Sands on dragline mining at the Syncrude Canada Ltd open pit mine<\/em>. Second International Symposium on Mine Planning. Calgary. Balkema. Rotterdam. p363-371.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT &amp; Luternauer JL. 1987. &#8220;First documented large failure at the Fraser River delta front British Columbia.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Current Research<\/em>. Geological Survey of Canada 87-1a:919-924.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT &amp; Shelbourn MB. 1995.&nbsp;<em>Instrumentation of an advancing mine slope in the Athabasca Oil Sands<\/em>. International Symposium on Mine Planning. Calgary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT, Ducharme J, &amp; Keys MJ. 2000.&nbsp;<em>Landscape design. a new planning and assessment framework for mine reclamation<\/em>. 24<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual BC Mine Reclamation Symposium. Williams Lake. BC Ministry of Mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT, Keys MJ, van Meer T, Roy L, &amp; Sawatsky L. 2000.&nbsp;<em>The impact of beaver dams on the design and construction of reclaimed mine sites<\/em>. 24th Annual BC Mine Reclamation Symposium. Williams Lake. BC Ministry of Mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT, Luternauer JJ, &amp; Kostaschuk RA. 1992. &#8220;Large-scale mass-wasting events on the Fraser River delta front near Sand Heads British Columbia.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Canadian Geotechnical Journal<\/em>&nbsp;29:151-156.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT, Luternauer JL, &amp; Kostaschuk RA. 1990, Submarine landslides at the mouth of the Fraser River Canada. Fifth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference; Volume 74. AAPG Bulletin. American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Tulsa. 74:989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 1997. &#8220;Planning geotechnical tests and investigations for analysis and presentation\u2013 part 2.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;15:40-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2002.&nbsp;<em>Landscape engineering and sustainable mine reclamation<\/em>. PhD Thesis. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Alberta. Edmonton. 660p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2005. &#8220;Erroneous readings from a vibrating wire piezometer with a broken signal wire.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>&nbsp;23:35-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2005.&nbsp;<em>Posting security for reclamation obligations<\/em>. Offsetting Environmental Clean-Up Costs and Liabilities Controlling Your Organization&#8217;s Contaminated Sites Remediation and Reclamation Obligations symposium. Vancouver. Canadian Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2006. &#8220;How to build your own instrumentation quad.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2007. &#8220;Celebrating 50 issues of Geotechnical Instrumentation News.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Geotechnical News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">McKenna GT. 2009. T<em>echniques for creating mining landforms with natural appearance<\/em>. Tailings and Mine Waste 2009 Conference. Banff. University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre, Edmonton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">MEND. 2012.&nbsp;<em>Cold Regions Cover System Design Technical Guidance Document<\/em>. MEND Report 1.61.5c. Consultant&#8217;s report prepared by O&#8217;Kane Consultants for Mine Environment Neutral Drainage Program. July 2012. 177p. (Technical panel member, contributor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Oil Sands Tailings Dam Committee. 2014.&nbsp;<em>De-licensing of oil sands tailings dams. Technical guidance document.<\/em>&nbsp;March 2014. Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN). University of Alberta, Edmonton. 46p. (Committee member, co-author).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pollard J, McKenna GT, Fair J, Daly C, Wytrykush C, &amp; Clark J. 2012.&nbsp;<em>Design aspects of two fen wetlands constructed for reclamation research in the Athabasca oil sands<\/em>. Mine Closure 2012 Symposium. Brisbane. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. p815-829.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pollock GW, McRoberts EC, Livingstone G, McKenna GT, Matthews JG, &amp; Nelson JD. 2000.&nbsp;<em>Consolidation behaviour and modelling of oil sands composite tailings in the Syncrude CT Prototype<\/em>. International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste 7:121-130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Powter CB, Biggar KW, Silva MJ, McKenna GT, &amp; Scordo EB. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Review of oil sands tailings technology options. Tailings and Mine Waste \u201910<\/em>. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste October 17-20, 2010. Vail, Colorado. CRC Press. London UK. p381-391.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rains RB &amp; McKenna GT. 1995.&nbsp;<em>Fluvial geomorphology of natural rivers and creeks and its impact on lease-closure designs at Syncrude Canada Ltd.<\/em>&nbsp;7th Annual Canadian Dam Safety Conference. Banff. Canadian Dam Safety Association (Canadian Dam Association). p279-293.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Russell B, McKenna G, Leblanc M, Wells PS, &amp; Anderson HB. 2010.&nbsp;<em>Design and construction of the reclamation surface for the first oil sands tailings pond.<\/em>&nbsp;Mine Closure 2010, Vina del Mar, Chile. Australia Centre for Geomechanics, Perth. 13p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Singhal RK &amp; McKenna GT. 1998.&nbsp;<em>Environmental management in tailings and solid waste disposal at oil sands mines<\/em>. Environment and Innovation in Mining and Mineral Technology Symposium. University of Concepcion, Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Strategic Advisory Panel on Selenium Management. 2010.&nbsp;<em>The Way Forward: Strategic Plan for the Management of Selenium at Teck Coal Operations<\/em>. Swanson Environmental Strategies Ltd. Calgary. 233p.&nbsp;<em>(panel member, co-author).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Strategic Advisory Panel on Selenium Management. 2012.&nbsp;<em>Alternative Futures: collective action to manage selenium in the Elk and McLeod Watersheds<\/em>. Swanson Environmental Strategies Ltd. Calgary. 80p.&nbsp;<em>(panel member, co-author).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Swanson S, Abbott R, Funk W, Kirk L, McKenna G, Ohlendorf H, &amp; Sandy T. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Building stakeholder engagement in sustainable solutions- the strategic Advisory Panel on Selenium Management<\/em>. Mine Closure 2011 Symposium. Lake Louise, Canada. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. 2:189-196.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Wytrykush C, Vitt DH, McKenna G, &amp; Vassov R. 2012. &#8220;Designing landscapes to support peatland development on soft tailings deposits: Syncrude Canada Ltd.\u2019s Sandhill Fen Research Watershed initiative.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Restoration and reclamation of boreal ecosystems: Attaining sustainable development<\/em>. Cambridge University Press New York New York. p161-178.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gord@mckennageotechnical.com\">email Gord McKenna<\/a>&nbsp;to request a copy of any of the papers listed here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLICATIONS Please&nbsp;email Gord McKenna&nbsp;to request a copy of any of the papers listed here. Abbott RM &amp; McKenna GT. 2012.&nbsp;Sustainable mining now. turning ideas and ideals into reality. Mine Closure 2012. Brisbane. Australian Centre for Geomechanics. p771-781. 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