Ground water contamination in Kuwait resulting from the 1991 Gulf War: A preliminary assessment

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-93

  Mukhopadhyay, A ^a   Al Awadi, E ^a   Quinn, M ^a   Akber, A ^a   Al Senafy, M ^a   Rashid, T ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; OIL WELLS; RUNOFF;

HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; INFILTRATING RUNOFF;

WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; OIL WELLS; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; WATER TABLE;

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

EID: 44349136190     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2008.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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