Structural and optical characterization of dissolved organic matter from the lower Athabasca River, Canada

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 932-937

  Guéguen, Céline ^a   Burns, Darcy C ^a,b   McDonald, Alison ^a   Ring, Brooke ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic; EEM; Paramagnetic ion; River DOM

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLUE SHIFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SANDS; PARAMAGNETISM;

AROMATIC; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PARAMAGNETIC IONS; RIVER DOMS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION;

RIVERS;

ALUMINUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROGEN; IRON; OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEN; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WETLAND;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RIVER; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA;

EID: 84858748829     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.047     Document Type: Article

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