Chemical compositions and sources of organic matter in fine particles of soils and sands from the vicinity of Kuwait city

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 537-557

  Rushdi, Ahmed I ^a   Al Zarban, Sheikha ^b   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hopanes; Lipids; Plasticizers; Saccharides; Sterols; UCM

Indexed keywords

HOPANES; ORGANIC MATTER; SACCHARIDES; STEROLS;

COMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; LIPIDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLASTICIZERS; SAND; VEGETATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALKANE; ALKANOIC ACID; ALKANOL; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; DICHLOROMETHANE; LUBRICATING AGENT; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; STEROL; TRITERPENOID;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DERIVATIZATION; EXHAUST GAS; EXTRACTION; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KUWAIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ALKANES; CITIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KUWAIT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICIZERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRITERPENES;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

FUNGI;

EID: 33746530872     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9102-8     Document Type: Article

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