Photo-oxidation products of petroleum hydrocarbons in the eastern Red Sea coastal waters

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 573-579

  Al Lihaibi, Sultan S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Extractable organic matter; Oxidation products of petroleum hydrocarbons; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Red Sea; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PHOTOOXIDATION; RESIDUAL FUELS; SILICA GEL; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

DICHLOROMETHANE EXTRACTS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ACETONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIDE DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; SILICA GEL; SOLVENT;

COASTAL WATER; MARINE POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHOTOOXIDATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGENATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHERING;

RED SEA;

EID: 0037208008     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00085-5     Document Type: Review

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