Dust fallout in Kuwait city: Deposition and characterization

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-148

  Al Awadhi, Jasem M ^a   AlShuaibi, Arafat A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dust fallouts; Enrichment; Heavy metals; Minerals

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; BACKGROUND VALUE; DUST SAMPLES; SETTLED DUST; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; VERY FINE SANDS;

BLAST ENRICHMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; FALLOUT; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MINERALS; NICKEL; QUARTZ; STRONTIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

DUST;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENRICHMENT; FALLOUT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY METAL; MINERAL;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KUWAIT; LAND USE; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

DUST FALLOUTS; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METALS; MINERALS;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KUWAIT; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84878398379     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.052     Document Type: Article

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