Profiling oil sands mixtures from industrial developments and natural groundwaters for source identification

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2660-2670

  Frank, Richard A ^a   Roy, James W ^a   Bickerton, Greg ^a   Rowland, Steve J ^b   Headley, John V ^a   Scarlett, Alan G ^b   West, Charles E ^b   Peru, Kerry M ^a   Parrott, Joanne L ^a   Conly, F Malcolm ^a   Hewitt, L Mark ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; OIL SANDS;

HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIDIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; SOURCE DIFFERENTIATIONS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SYNCHRONOUS FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; GROUND WATER; OIL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SAND; RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SANDS PROCESS AFFECTED WATER; POND; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER; SAMPLING; SAND; SYNCHRONOUS FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL SPILL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA;

ALBERTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895557544     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500131k     Document Type: Article

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