How severely was the persian gulf affected by oil spills following the 1991 Gulf War?

Environmental Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1185-1191

  Mostafawi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contaminated fauna; Gulf War; Oil spill; Ostracods

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOLOGY; GULF; IRAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEPTH;

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

FAUNA; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WAR;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0034816606     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100238     Document Type: Article

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