Quantitative and qualitative analysis of naphthenic acids in natural waters surrounding the canadian oil sands industry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12796-12805

  Ross, Matthew S ^a   Pereira, Alberto Dos Santos ^a   Fennell, Jon ^b   Davies, Martin ^c   Johnson, James ^c   Sliva, Lucie ^d   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Integrated Sustainability Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^c Hatfield Consultants   (Canada)

^d INTECSEA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATHABASCA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; NA CONCENTRATION; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NATURAL COMPONENTS; NATURAL SOURCES; NATURAL WATERS; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; OVER POTENTIAL; PORE WATERS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TAILINGS POND; TOXIC COMPONENTS; TWO SOURCES;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; WATER QUALITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASPHALT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GROUND WATER; NAPHTHENIC ACID; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SAND; POREWATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; TAILINGS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SANDS PROCESS AFFECTED WATER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; BEAVER CREEK; CANADA; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870489920     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303432u     Document Type: Article

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