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Provides a reliable overview of dust fallout properties
Includes more than 250 color illustrations, images and maps
A valuable resource for researchers in various fields
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This open access book serves as an atlas of deposited dust and dust storms in Kuwait in relation to local and global regions. It features a wealth of maps and images of dust storm trajectories in the region, together with detailed descriptions of the chemical and physical properties of fallen dust, including the amount, particle size, statistical parameters, spectra absorption, dust mineralogy, trace and major elements, organic matter, associated pollen, and radionuclides and connected pollutants. Given its scope, the book is a valuable resource for a broad range of researchers, including geologists, chemists, environmentalists, botanists, air quality specialists, nanotechnology scientists, and solar energy experts.
Editors and Affiliations
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Environment and Life Sciences Research Center (ELSRC), Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait City, Kuwait
Ali Al-Dousari
About the editor
Prof. Ali Al-Dousari is a professor in the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Center, Kuwait where he conducts scientific projects and do researches tackling Land degradation and rehabilitationFlood management, aeolian and fluvial landforms and dustfallout, Mobile sand control measures,water harvesting techniques soil sealing and compaction.He has received many awards and recognitions for his research activities. He won encouraging prizes and awards (The Wildlife Award from the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council; the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Best Arab researchers, the State Incentive Award, the Best Arab Book Award in the field of environment) and acts as Kuwait representation active member within Committee of Science and Technology (CST) in United Nation Committee for Compacting Desertification-UNCCD (2016-2019) and member in many local, regional and global scientific committees. Al-Dousari now is acting as referee and editor in many scientific journals. Al-Dousari receives his Ph.D. in geology from Royal Holloway University of London and Master degree from Kuwait University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atlas of Fallen Dust in Kuwait
Editors: Ali Al-Dousari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66977-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66976-8Published: 16 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66979-9Published: 16 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66977-5Published: 15 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 250
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 267 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Medical Geography, Atmospheric Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, Climatology