Elemental contamination of rainwater by airborne dust in Tamale township area of the northern region of Ghana

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-346

  Pelig Ba, K B ^a   Parker, A ^a   Price, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Major ions; Potable water; Rainwater; Tamale; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DUST; IONIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 0035201852     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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