Differentiation of two industrial oil sands process-affected waters by two-dimensional gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of diamondoid acid profiles

RATIONALE Processing of the oil sands of Canada has produced large amounts of process-affected water (OSPW). Concerns have been raised over the possible environmental impacts of any leakage of OSPW from storage lagoons which contain toxicants, including organic acids. Natural weathering of oil sands...

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Main Authors: Rowland, S., West, C., Scarlett, Alan, Ho, C., Jones, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34252