Bottom sediments of the Arabian Gulf - III. Trace metal contents as indicators of pollution and implications for the effect and fate of the Kuwait oil slick

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-301

  Al Abdali, F ^a   Massoud, M S ^b   Al Ghadban, A N ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE METAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; KUWAIT; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER POLLUTION;

BOTTOM SEDIMENT; FATE; KUWAIT OIL SLICK; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SLICK; OIL SLICKS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS; TRACER;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0030431929     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00046-2     Document Type: Article

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