Comparative composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the sea water-soluble fractions of different Kuwaiti crude oils

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Saeed, Talat ^a   Al Mutairi, Maha ^a  

^a Environmental Sciences Department   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crude oils; Kuwait; Oil spill; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Seawater; Water soluble fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039176296     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(00)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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