Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons increase in athabasca river delta sediment: Temporal trends and environmental correlates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4278-4284

  Timoney, Kevin P ^a,b   Lee, Peter ^a,b  

^a Treeline Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b Global Forest Watch Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; ATHABASCA; CLEARWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCE; MONITORING PROGRAMS; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; RIVER DELTAS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ASPHALT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

BITUMEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTURBANCE; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE; PAH; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA; LAKE ATHABASCA;

EID: 79956023437     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104375d     Document Type: Article

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