Sources of particulate matter components in the Athabasca oil sands region: investigation through a comparison of trace element measurement methodologies

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Phillips-Smith, Catherine, Jeong, Cheol-Heon, Healy, Robert M., Dabek-Zlotorzynska, Ewa, Celo, Valbona, Brook, Jeffrey R., Evans, Greg J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2017
• Subjects: Canada; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/87375; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9435-2017

The province of Alberta, Canada, is home to three oil sands regions which, combined, contain the third largest deposit of oil in the world. Of these, the Athabasca oil sands region is the largest. As part of Environment and Climate Change Canada's program in support of the Joint Canada-Alberta...