Historic and contemporary contamination in the marine environment of Kuwait: an overview

HA Al-Sarawi, AN Jha, MA Al-Sarawi, BP Lyons - Marine pollution bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
The rapid expansion of industry, along with previous pollution events linked to conflicts in
the region, have led to a variety of contaminants being inadvertently or deliberately …

Trace element concentrations in fish, surficial sediments and water from northern part of the Persian Gulf

N Pourang, A Nikouyan, JH Dennis - Environmental monitoring and …, 2005 - Springer
Concentrations of cadmium, lead, nickel and vanadium were determined in water, surficial
sediments and the muscle of three demersal fish species (Epinephelus coioides, Psettodes …

An overview of persistent organic pollutants along the coastal environment of Kuwait

H Alshemmari - Open Chemistry, 2021 - degruyter.com
The oil discovery in the Arab Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait, has led to rapid urbanization,
population development, industrialization, and, with it, many problems of oil and nonoil …

Heavy metals distribution in the coral reef ecosystems of the Northern Red Sea

AAM Ali, MA Hamed, H Abd El-Azim - Helgoland marine research, 2011 - Springer
Concentrations of seven heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Co and Fe) were measured in the
seawater, sediments, common scleractinian reef-building corals and soft corals …

Reaction of Vanadate with Aquatic Humic Substances:  An ESR and 51V NMR Study

X Lu, WD Johnson, J Hook - Environmental Science & Technology, 1998 - ACS Publications
Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and 51V nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy have been used to study the interaction of vanadate with aqueous solutions of …

Heavy metal distribution in different soil aggregate size classes from restored brackish marsh, oil exploitation zone, and tidal mud flat of the Yellow River Delta

R Xiao, M Zhang, X Yao, Z Ma, F Yu, J Bai - Journal of Soils and …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Heavy metal distribution in soils is affected by soil aggregate fractionation. This
study aimed to demons trate the aggregate-associated heavy metal concentrations and …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the State of Kuwait: PAHs, PCBs, brominated flame retardants and metal contamination

BP Lyons, JL Barber, HS Rumney, TPC Bolam… - Marine Pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
A geographically extensive baseline survey of sediment contamination was undertaken at
twenty nine locations around Kuwait. Samples were assessed in relation to a wide range of …

Heavy metal and persistent organic pollutant profile of sediments from marine protected areas: the northern Persian Gulf

M Ghaemi, F Soleimani, S Gholamipour - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one of the policy tools to support marine biodiversity
conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. The distribution, sources, and …

Total petroleum hydrocarbon distribution in soils and groundwater in Songyuan oilfield, Northeast China

Y Teng, D Feng, L Song, J Wang, J Li - Environmental monitoring and …, 2013 - Springer
In order to investigate the distribution of the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in
groundwater and soil, a total of 71 groundwater samples (26 unconfined groundwater …

Detection and discrimination of various oil-contaminated soils using vegetation reflectance

G Lassalle, S Fabre, A Credoz, R Hédacq… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of hyperspectral spectroscopy for oil detection recently sparked a growing interest
for risk assessment over vegetated areas. In a perspective of image applications, we …