Assessment of organic pollutants in coastal sediments, UAE

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1091-1102

  Abdel Gawad, Esam A ^a   Al Azab, Mohamed ^a   Lotfy, M M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Organic; PAHs; PCBS; Pollution; TKN; TOC; UAE

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BOILING POINT; EVAPORATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COASTAL REGIONS; ENRICHMENT; TOTAL KJELDHAL NITROGEN (TKN);

COASTAL ZONES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OIL POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 42549124282     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0880-x     Document Type: Article

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