Detecting oil sands process-affected waters in the Alberta oil sands region using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-126

  Kavanagh, Richard J ^a   Burnison, B Kent ^b   Frank, Richard A ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Monitoring; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LAKES; MONITORING; NAPHTHAS; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

ALBERTA OIL SANDS; FLUORESCENT SPECTRA; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS MINING; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; REFERENCE SITES; SYNCHRONOUS FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOXIC COMPONENTS;

SAND;

AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; LAKE WATER; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BITUMEN; DETECTION METHOD; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; LAKE; OIL SAND; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHRONY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SAND; SYNCHRONOUS FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 65649100193     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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