Preliminary assessment of oil contamination levels in soils contaminated with oil lakes in the greater Burgan oil fields, Kuwait

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 493-504

  Al Sarawi, M ^a   Massoud, M S ^a   Al Abdali, F ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM TAR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC); TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH); TRACE METALS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TRACE METAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEAVY METAL; OIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOUT; KUWAIT; LAKE; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0032171328     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005073031798     Document Type: Article

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