Post-gulf war assessment of the levels of PAHs in the sediments from Shuaiba industrial area, Kuwait

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8 -8 pt 4, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Saeed, Talat ^a   Al Muzaini, Saleh ^a   Al Bloushi, Amal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Gulf War; Marine sediments; PAH levels; Petroleum pollution; Shuaiba Industrial area

Indexed keywords

GULF WAR;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KUWAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WAR;

EID: 0029857803     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00745-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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