Screening level modeling of long-term impact of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination on fresh groundwater lenses in the Arabian Gulf region

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-264

  Hamed, Maged M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian gulf; Groundwater contamination; Modeling; Oil spill; Petroleum hydrocarbon; Screening

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; MODELS; OIL SPILLS; SCREENING;

ARABIAN GULF; COMPUTER MODELING; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 14644423324     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-005-0521-2     Document Type: Article

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