At low concentrations salts are relatively benign, but anthropogenic activities can drive
concentrations to levels that impact soil quality, microbial, plant, and animal life. Soil and …

Soil salinization refers to the accumulation of water‐soluble salts in the upper part of the soil
profile. Excessive levels of soil salinity affects crop production, soil health, and ecosystem …

Process water treatment has become a critical issue for Canada's oil sands industry.
Continuous recycling of tailings pond water (TPW) has contributed to a decline in water …

This is the first in the “new series” of expert panel reports to be commissioned by The Royal
Society of Canada/La Société royale du Canada. The Council of the Society, the presidents …

Naphthenic acids are comprised of a large collection of saturated aliphatic and alicyclic
carboxylic acids found in hydrocarbon deposits (petroleum, oil sands bitumen, and crude …

The Athabasca oil sands deposit is the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world.
Recently, the soaring demand for oil and the availability of modern bitumen extraction …

Currently, there are three industrial plants that recover oil from the lower Athabasca oil
sands area, and there are plans in the future for several additional mines. The extraction …

The Athabasca oil sands in Canada are a less conventional source of oil which have seen
rapid development. There are concerns about the environmental impact, with particular …

Naphthenic acids, NAs (classical formula CnH2n+ zO2, where n is the carbon numbers, z
represents zero or negative even integers), found in oil sands process waters (OSPWs), are …

This article provides a review of the routine methods currently utilized for total naphthenic
acid analyses. There is a growing need to develop chemical methods that can selectively …