Contribution of power and desalination plants to the levels of volatile liquid hydrocarbons in the nearby coastal areas of Kuwait

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-562

  Saeed, Talat ^a   Khordagui, Hosny ^a   Al Hashash, Huda ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLOSED LOOP STRIPPING METHOD; DESALINATION PLANTS; VOLATILE LIQUID HYDROCARBONS (VLH);

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE AGENT;

DESALINATION; HYDROCARBON; POLLUTION MONITORING; POWER PLANT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KUWAIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEASON; WATER SAMPLING;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0033166474     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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