Effects of an oil spill on soil physico-chemical properties of a spill site in a Typic Paleudult of Midwestern Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-221

  Ekundayo, E O ^a   Obuekwe, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; IRON; LEAD; NITROGEN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLAY; NIGERIA; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SAND; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0030615865     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005776514235     Document Type: Article

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