Isotopic characterization of nitrate, ammonium and sulfate in stack PM 2.5 emissions in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 555-563

  Proemse, Bernadette C ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^a   Chow, Judith C ^b   Watson, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alberta; Ammonium; Athabasca oil sands; Industrial emissions; Nitrate; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; AMMONIUM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC NITRATES; FEEDSTOCK MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; N VALUE; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; SOURCE MATERIAL; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFATE; TWO-STACK;

CHARACTERIZATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; OIL SANDS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; ASPHALT; COKE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84864340708     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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