Monitoring and assessment of toxic metals in Gulf War oil spill contaminated soil using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 391-399

  Hussain, T ^a   Gondal, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; GulfWar 1991 oil spill disaster; Healthrisk assessment; Laser spectroscopy and its applications; LIBS; Multi elemental analysis; Oils pill contaminated soil; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

HEALTHRISK ASSESSMENT; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); MULTI-ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL CONTAMINATED SOIL; TOXIC METALS;

OIL SPILLS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH RISK; MONITORING; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE METAL;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; LASERS; METALS; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 36549055188     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9694-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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