Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon deposition in the snowpack of the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta, Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cho, S ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Brassard, B W ^b   Hazewinkel, R ^a  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca oil sands region; Deposition; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AERIAL DEPOSITION; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; OIL SANDS OPERATIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SAMPLING LOCATION; SNOWPACK; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION TECHNIQUES;

OIL SANDS;

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FLURANTHENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OIL SAND; PAH; SNOWPACK;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TAR SAND; WIND;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; ATHABASCA RIVER; CANADA;

EID: 84897929985     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1910-4     Document Type: Article

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