Petroleum hydrocarbons and related heavy metals in the near-shore marine sediments of Kuwait

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Metwally, M E S ^a   Al Muzaini, S ^a   Jacob, P G ^a   Bahloul, M ^a   Urushigawa, Y ^b   Sato, S ^b   Matsmura, A ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KUWAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

HEAVY METALS; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL AREA; KUWAIT;

HYDROCARBONS;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0030609409     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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