Distribution of volatile liquid hydrocarbons in the vicinity of power/desalination plants in Kuwait

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 99-107

  Saeed, Talat ^a   Khordagui, Hosny ^a   Al Bloushi, Amal ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Coastal waters; Inlets; Power desalination plants; VLH levels

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; GROBS CLOSED LOOP TECHNIQUE; VOLATILE LIQUID HYDROCARBONS;

BENZENE; COASTAL ZONES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POWER PLANTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYCLOALKANE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COASTAL WATERS; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION MONITORING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; KUWAIT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

KUWAIT;

NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS;

EID: 0032701710     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00588-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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