Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil in Kuwait. I. Landfarming to remediate oil-contaminated soil

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-260

  Al Awadhi, N ^a   Al Daher, R ^a   ElNawawy, A ^a   Balba, M T ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Landfarming; Oil pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEAVY METALS; OIL WELL FIRES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BIOREMEDIATION; LANDFARMING; OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030171321     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389609383528     Document Type: Article

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