Phytoremediation of oil-polluted desert soil in Kuwait using native plant species
As a result of damage caused during the First Gulf War in 1990-1991, the Kuwaiti environment suffered from drastic pollution caused by massive petroleum hydrocarbon contamination resulting from the destruction and burning of 700 oil wells across Kuwait. A range of types of polluted soils, including...
Main Author: | Al-Ateeqi, Sarah Salah |
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University of Glasgow
2014
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631054 |
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