Non-target profiling of bitumen-influenced waters for the identification of tracers unique to oil sands processed-affected water (OSPW) in the Athabasca watershed of Alberta, Canada

The objective of this study was to identify unique chemical tracers of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) to enable definitive discrimination of tailings pond seepage from natural bitumen-influenced waters from the Canadian Alberta McMurray formation.

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Short Name of Publication Non-target profiling of bitumen-influenced waters for the identification of tracers unique to oil sands processed-affected water (OSPW) in the Athabasca watershed of Alberta, Canada
Deliverable Type Journal Article
Program Catagory Water
Program Type OSM
Author Craig B. Milestone, Chenxing Sun, Jonathan W. Martin, Greg Bickerton, James W. Roy, Richard A. Frank, L. Mark Hewitt
Periodical Title Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom
Year of Publication 2021
Publishing Organization ECCC
Month of Publication 10
Periodical Volumes 35:e8984
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8984
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Recomended Citation Milestone, CB, Sun, C, Martin, JW, et al. Non-target profiling of bitumen-influenced waters for the identification of tracers unique to oil sands processed-affected water (OSPW) in the Athabasca watershed of Alberta, Canada. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2021; 35:e8984. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8984
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