A preliminary investigation of the hydrocarbon content of groundwater of Kuwait

Environmental Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 330-340

  Al Awadi, E ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A ^a   Quinn, M F ^a   Saeed, T ^a   Hauser, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dammam Formation; Fourier transform infra red; Gas chromatography mass spectroscopy; Kuwait Group; Laser

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WATER QUALITY;

DAMMAM FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED; KUWAIT;

GROUNDWATER;

FIBER OPTICS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; WELL WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33845465405     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540100391     Document Type: Review

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