Chemical fingerprinting of naphthenic acids and oil sands process waters-A review of analytical methods for environmental samples

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1145-1163

  Headley, J V ^a   Peru, K M ^a   Mohamed, M H ^a   Frank, R A ^a   Martin, J W ^b   Hazewinkel, R R O ^c   Humphries, D ^d   Gurprasad, N P ^a   Hewitt, L M ^a   Muir, D C G ^a   Lindeman, D ^a   Strub, R ^a   Young, R F ^b   Grewer, D M ^b   Whittal, R M ^b   Fedorak, P M ^b   Birkholz, D A ^e   Hindle, R ^f   Reisdorph, R ^g   Wang, X ^h   Kasperski, K L ^h   Hamilton, C ⁱ   Woudneh, M ⁱ   Wang, G ⁱ   Loescher, B ^j   Farwell, A ^k   Dixon, D G ^k   Ross, M ^b   Dos Santos Pereira, A ^b   King, E ^b   Barrow, M P ^l   Fahlman, B ^m   Bailey, J ^a   McMartin, D W ⁿ   Borchers, C H ^o   Ryan, C H ^p   Toor, N S ^p   Gillis, H M ^p   Zuin, L ^q   Bickerton, G ^a   McMaster, M ^a   Sverko, E ^a   Shang, D ^a   Wilson, L D ^r   Wrona, F J ^a   more..

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

^e ALS Environmental Division   (Canada)

^f Vogon Laboratory Services Ltd   (Canada)

^g DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

^j Maxxim Analytics   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^m GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^p Level Science Inc   (Canada)

^q CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Athabasca River; Bitumen; chemical profiles; heavy metals; mass spectrometry; PAHs; polar organics

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA; BITUMEN; CHEMICAL PROFILES; ORGANICS; PAHS;

BORON; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR; SURFACE WATERS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BORON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NITROGEN; OIL; OXYGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYMER; RIVER WATER; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SAND; SCREENING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84877660617     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.776332     Document Type: Review

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