Hydrocarbon pollution of kuwait bay: Differentiation of petrogenic, anthropogenic and biogenic hydrocarbons

Talat Saeed, Hassan Alshimmari, Nisar Ahmad, Ahmad Al-Mutairi, Hameeda Abdullah

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Abstract

Among the pollutants entering Kuwait’s coastal areas, hydrocarbons (generally referred to as petroleum hydrocarbons) constitute the bulk and are considered to be a major environmental stress (Lyons et al. in Mar Pollut Bull 100:629–635, 2015).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages421-423
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)2522-8722

Keywords

  • GC/FID
  • GC/MS
  • Hotspots
  • Hydrocarbon analysis
  • Source appropriation 

Funding Agency

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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