Dissipation and phytotoxicity of oil sands naphthenic acids in wetland plants
Naphthenic acids (NAs) are toxic organic acid compounds released during the caustic hot-water extraction of crude oil from oil sands in north-eastern Alberta, Canada. NAs subsequently accumulate in the large volume of oil sands process water (OSPW) produced daily by oil sands operations. The complex...
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University of Saskatchewan
2008
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07082008-115622/ |