Sources, distribution and composition of the suspended sediments, Kuwait Bay, Northern Arabian Gulf

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-661

  Al Ghadban, A N ^a   El Sammak, A ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabian gulf; Gulf war; Kuwait bay; Shatt Al Arab; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

POST-WAR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAQ; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; KUWAIT BAY; MIDDLE EAST; SHATT AL ARAB; WORLD;

EID: 8844271055     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.07.017     Document Type: Article

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