Tracing industrial sulfur contributions to atmospheric sulfate deposition in the Athabasca oil sands region, Alberta, Canada

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2425-2434

  Proemse, Bernadette C ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^a   Fenn, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; BULK DEPOSITIONS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DRY DEPOSITION; FOREST CANOPIES; HIGH DEPOSITION RATES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL SITES; ISOTOPE RATIO; MIXING CALCULATIONS; SULFATE DEPOSITION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TAILING PONDS; THROUGHFALL; THROUGHFALL DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; FORESTRY; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; OIL SANDS; SULFUR;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAILINGS; THROUGHFALL; TRACER;

DEPOSITION; EMISSION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; SULFUR;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84868560212     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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