Trace metal concentrations in the surface sediments of Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2 A, 2010, Pages 87-110

  Alshemmari, Hassan ^a   Alotaibi, Yousef ^a   Owens, Ronan ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Biodiversity Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Sulaibikhat bay; Surface sediment; Total organic carbon; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960780305     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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