Edited by
M. Al-Azab, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
W. El-Shorbagy, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
S. Al-Ghais, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Description
Situated within the richest oil area in the world, the Arabian Gulf represents a stressed ecosystem with scarce published data and environmental
studies.
The oil-related activities cause significant damages to different ecosystem components such as coral reefs, algal mats,
mangrove and other habitats. In addition to the increasing potential of pollution and its adverse effect on the ecosystem, oil spills
and relevant implications can severely affect the main source of desalinated water for the Gulf countries due to their limited water
resources. Interest in pollution issues associated with Arabian Gulf has been growing in the last few years. These issues include identification
and documentation of the major sources of oil pollution in the Gulf region, evaluation of the analytical methods used to identify the
different types of pollutants, review of the recent advances in oil pollution impact treatment and prevention, develop stronger cooperation
ties between interested members of the community, and encourage awareness of the oil pollution as a serious environmental problem in
the region.
This book compiles recent studies addressing the above issues grouped in four categories; monitoring and characterizing
oil spills, modeling the fate of pollutants and oil slicks in marine water, environmental effects of oil pollution on the ecosystem components,
and combating, prevention and treatment of oil pollution.
Included in series
Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Audience:
Petroleum geologists, marine geologists, environmental geologists, geotechnical engineers
