Types and extent of soil contamination in Greater Al-Burqan oil field, Kuwait

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-99

  Omar, Samira ^a   Grealish, Gerard ^b   Roy, Waleed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b AACM International   (Australia)

Author keywords

GIS; Mapping; Oil contamination; Soil classification; Tar mat

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949092487     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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