Unravelling the complexity of pollution by the oil sands industry

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3209-3210

  Schindler, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; NAPHTHALENE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

BIRD; CANADA; FIRE; FISH; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; MINING; NOTE; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895779440     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400511111     Document Type: Note

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