Extraction, separation, and intramolecular carbon isotope characterization of Athabasca oil sands acids in environmental samples

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 10419-10425

  Ahad, Jason M E ^a   Pakdel, Hooshang ^b   Savard, Martine M ^a   Simard, Marie Christine ^a   Smirnoff, Anna ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MASS FRACTION; MCMURRAY; MONITORING WELLS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; PREPARATIVE CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCESS WATER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TAILINGS POND; THERMAL CONVERSION;

CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEPARATION; SURFACE WATERS;

OIL SANDS;

EID: 84870566857     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: 15206882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac302680y     Document Type: Article

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