The Impacts of Petrochemical Activity and Climate Change on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Deposition to Lake Sediments of Northwestern Canada
With the rising demand for fossil fuels, Northern Canada has seen an unprecedented increase in petrochemical development. These developments are often associated with emissions of PAHs, a group of hydrophobic organic contaminants that are known to be carcinogenic and otherwise harmful to humans. Due...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32584 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4227 |