Geoscience of climate and energy 11. Ambient air quality and linkage to ecosystems in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-201

  Percy, Kevin E ^a  

^a Wood Buffalo Environmental Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; MONITORING LOCATIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OIL SANDS; OZONE; TAILINGS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LICHEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84887210295     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2013.40.014     Document Type: Article

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