Aeolian sedimentation in the north-western part of the Arabian Gulf

Khalaf, Fikry I.; Al-Hashash, M.

doi:10.1016/s0140-1963(18)31411-3

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“…ROPME (1987) estimated dust fallout over the southern parts of Iraq to amount to 6.90 g/m 2 annually. Khalaf and Al-Hashash (1983) reported an average deposition rate of aeolian dust in the NW Gulf to amount to 1 mm/year. A few studies were conducted on the distribution of petroleum residues and PAHs in the sediments of the Shatt Al-Arab River and the NW Gulf (DouAbul et al 1984;Zarba et al 1985;Al-Hashimi and Salman 1985;Karim and Salman 1987).…”

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Impact of pollutants on fish collected from different parts of Shatt Al-Arab River: a histopathological study

Yasser

Naser

2010

Environ Monit Assess

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In this study, a total of 120 fish specimens of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), were caught at four different stations in Shatt Al-Arab (Hareer, Garmat Ali, Al-Maqal and Abual-Khasib). The histological changes in the gills of fish were detected microscopically. Results show that the Shatt Al-Arab is polluted by some different sources of pollutants including power stations, paper industry, oil refineries, petrochemical industry, chemical fertilizer companies and the sewage system and overfishing and the application of pesticides. As a result of these analyses, histopathological changes in the gills of fish specimens, such as hyperplasia, loss of regular shape of secondary lamellae, separation of lamellar epithelium, clavate structure, atrophy of secondary gills lamellae, necrosis, dilation of lamellar capillaries, loss of secondary lamellae, fusion of secondary lamellae, edema, proliferation of cartilage in primary lamellae and curving of primary lamellae, were observed. The histopathological changes in fish gill samples from the Hareer region were much more prevalent than samples caught from other stations.

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Impact of pollutants on fish collected from different parts of Shatt Al-Arab River: a histopathological study

Yasser

Naser

2010

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Kuwait Bay is covered mostly with muddy sediments. Sandy sediments are restricted generally to the relatively narrow southern offshore flat and to the western and most eastern part of the central flat (Khalaf and Al-Hashash, 1983). …”

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“…Dust-fallout sediments of Kuwait are mainly in the range of silt size and are composed mainly of calcareous grains (about 56%) and quartz (about 20%) (Khalaf and Al-Hashash, 1983); they are characterized by the abundance of dolomite. Vinagradov (1973) studied the dust storm structure over the Mesopotamian lowland and the Arabian Gulf.…”

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

Al-Ghadban

El-Sammak

2005

Journal of Arid Environments

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“…The spilled crude oil was converted to a hard residue containing high concentrations of toxic PAHs (Literathy, 1992) due to the intensive evaporation and photooxidation processes typical of Kuwait's environment 2. A thin layer of fine dust that originated from nearby areas has been formed on the surface of oil lakes due to the high annual dust fallout in Kuwait [lmm/year, (Khalaf and Al-Hashash, 1983)]. …”

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A modeling procedure to predict cancer risks associated with inhalable oil dust from Kuwait oil lakes

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Al‐Mahmeed²,

Saeed

et al. 1997

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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A model was constructed to estimate cancer risks associated with PM 10 -bound polycydic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from Kuwait oil lakes. The design of the risk model was based on a conceptual "chain of events" leading from levels of PAH compounds in oil lakes, erosion of oil dust and input into the atmosphere, to contaminant concentration in air, to actual human exposure in residential areas. Uncertainties in the "chain of events" model were addressed using Monte Carlo techniques. To identify the exposure duration of concern [duration beyond which risk becomes unacceptable (i.e. Risk > 10 -6 )], four exposure durations were tested 10, 20, 40, 70 years. 40 years was identified to be the exposure duration of concern based on the 95th percentile of the risk distribution. As a result, the acceptability of risk was specified in terms of a single constraint on the 95 th percentile of the risk distribution evaluated after 40 years of exposure: 0 < Risk (40 y) 0 . 95 10 -6 . Based on this constraint, it was estimated that a removal rate of 217, 793.27 m 3 /year to be an adequate action for risk management. The northern oil lakes were identified as the lakes of most concern when inhalation exposures are considered.

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Aeolian sedimentation in the north-western part of the Arabian Gulf

Cited by 80 publications

References 13 publications

Impact of pollutants on fish collected from different parts of Shatt Al-Arab River: a histopathological study

Impact of pollutants on fish collected from different parts of Shatt Al-Arab River: a histopathological study

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

A modeling procedure to predict cancer risks associated with inhalable oil dust from Kuwait oil lakes

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