Horizontal and vertical distribution of selected metals in the Kubanni River, Nigeria as determined by neutron activation analysis

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1081-1090

  Ewa, Ita Okon Bassey ^a   Oladipo, Mark Omotola Afolayan ^a   Dim, Lawrence Anikwe ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CERIUM; GADOLINIUM; HAFNIUM; HEAVY METAL; HOLMIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FERTILIZER; METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

KUBANNI RIVER; NIGERIA;

EID: 0032934365     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629909370269     Document Type: Article

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