Bottom sediments of the Arabian Gulf - II. TPH and TOC contents as indicators of oil pollution and implications for the effect and fate of the Kuwait oil slick

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-284

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

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KUWAIT; OIL SPILL; PIPELINE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BOTTOM SEDIMENT; HYDROCARBON; KUWAIT OIL SLICK; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0030458359     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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