Oil sands development contributes polycyclic aromatic compounds to the Athabasca River and its tributaries

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 22346-22351

  Kelly, Erin N ^a   Short, Jeffrey W ^b   Schindler, David W ^a   Hodson, Peter V ^c   Ma, Mingsheng ^a   Kwan, Alvin K ^a   Fortin, Barbra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Oceana   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne deposition; Hydrocarbons; Oil sands mining; Oil sands processing; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORANTHENE; OIL; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SNOW;

ARTICLE; FISH; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; FISHES; FRESH WATER; FUEL OILS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SNOW; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 75749136788     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912050106     Document Type: Article

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