Physical properties as indicators of oil penetration in soils contaminated with oil lakes in the Greater Burgan oil fields, Kuwait

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Al Sarawi, M ^a   Massoud, M S ^a   Wahba, S A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils; Eolian; Fluviatile; Oil lakes; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

EOLIAN SOIL; FLUVIATILE SOIL; OIL LAKES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OIL FIELD; OIL PENETRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KUWAIT; OIL SPILL; PERMEABILITY; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

GREATER BURGAN; KUWAIT;

EID: 0032006617     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004937723003     Document Type: Article

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