TY  - SER
AU  - Al-Joumaa,Khaled
TI  - Effect of pollution with petroleum on some soil characteristics and plant growth
KW  - Oil pollution of soils
KW  - Soil pollution
KW  - Plant-soil relationships
KW  - Growth (Plants)
N1  - Includes reference
N2  - Petroleum products are complex mixtures of hun·dreds of hydrocarbon compounds. Petroleum hasbeen recognized as a potential environmental con· taminant. This research was under taken to evaluatethe effect of petroleum hydrocarbon on soil characteristics and seeds germination in arid lands. Results indicated that bulk density and real density of the polluted samples are relatively higher and lower respectively then the corresponding values of the unpolluted soils
UR  - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2009/AUJAS/1709/1/24.pdf
ER  -