{"title":"Soil contamination from oil lakes in northern Kuwait","authors":"M. Al-Senafy, M. Viswanathan, Y. Senay, A. Sumait","doi":"10.1080/15320389709383581","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Gulf War resulted in the contamination of large areas of ground surface in Kuwait. In northern Kuwait, ground water of potable quality exists as lenses and the integrity of these lenses is threatened by the pollution over the ground surface. In 1991, the total area covered by oil lakes, oil sludge, and soot in northern Kuwait was about 32 km2, 5 km2, and 150 km2, respectively. Several natural and man‐made measures significantly affected the distribution of contaminants. In 1995, the area covered by oil lakes, oil sludge, and soot changed to 2 km2, 35 km2, and 25 km2, respectively. Soil samples were collected to depths of 10 m. The analysis of soil samples showed maximum contaminant levels of about 20 ppm, 10 ppm, and 1 ppm at ground surface, 4 m and 10 m depths, respectively. Rainfall played a significant role in the downward movement of contaminants to depths in excess of 10 m in 1995.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15320389709383581","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15320389709383581","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Gulf War resulted in the contamination of large areas of ground surface in Kuwait. In northern Kuwait, ground water of potable quality exists as lenses and the integrity of these lenses is threatened by the pollution over the ground surface. In 1991, the total area covered by oil lakes, oil sludge, and soot in northern Kuwait was about 32 km2, 5 km2, and 150 km2, respectively. Several natural and man‐made measures significantly affected the distribution of contaminants. In 1995, the area covered by oil lakes, oil sludge, and soot changed to 2 km2, 35 km2, and 25 km2, respectively. Soil samples were collected to depths of 10 m. The analysis of soil samples showed maximum contaminant levels of about 20 ppm, 10 ppm, and 1 ppm at ground surface, 4 m and 10 m depths, respectively. Rainfall played a significant role in the downward movement of contaminants to depths in excess of 10 m in 1995.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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