Status of trace metals in surface seawater of the Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia.

Comparison between pure-water- and seawater-soluble nutrient concentrations of aerosols from the Gulf of Aqaba

Seawater-soluble nutrient fractions of aerosols better represent the contribution of aerosol dry deposition to the nutrient load from this source to the ocean than any estimates based on aerosol nutrients leached in pure water or acidic solutions. To understand the solubility difference between seawater and pure water, 31 pairs of aerosol samples collected from the Gulf of Aqaba were extracted ...

Heavy Metals, Trace Elements and Petroleum Hydrocarbons Pollutions in the Arabian Gulf: Review

The Arabian Gulf environmental status was assessed based on studies conducted in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen during 1983-2011. This review examines all sorts of pollutions in the Arabian Gulf area over the last three decades. Approximately 50 published studies were reviewed in order to determine the pollution status in the Arabian Gulf regar...

Evaluating the impact of atmospheric deposition on dissolved trace-metals in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

A review of the regional status of Iran and Saudi Arabia during the period after ISIS

Iran and Saudi Arabia have been engaging in regional competition over the past four decades. One of the events that made this competition impressive was the emergence of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In such a way as to bring the two actors into an open hostility. Therefore, the present study sought to answer the question of how did the end of political life of this group affect the regional status o...

Sources and fluxes of atmospheric trace elements to the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

[1] We present the first comprehensive investigation of the concentrations, fluxes and sources of aerosol trace elements over the Gulf of Aqaba. We found that the mean atmospheric concentrations of crustally derived elements such as Al, Fe and Mn (1081, 683, and 16.7 ng m ) are about 2–3 times higher than those reported for the neighboring Mediterranean area. This is indicative of the dominance...