Evaporative emissions from tailings ponds are not likely an important source of airborne PAHs in the Athabasca oil sands region

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

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

  Ahad, Jason M E ^a   Gammon, Paul R ^a   Gobeil, Charles ^b   Jautzy, Josué ^b   Krupa, Sagar ^c   Savard, Martine M ^a   Studabaker, William B ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BENZO[A]PYRENE; GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPORATION; LETTER; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MINING; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SUMMER; TAR SAND; WIND EROSION;

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

EID: 84902596858     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403515111     Document Type: Letter

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