Environmental mineralogy of soils around Selebi Phikwe nickel-copper plant, Botswana

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Ekosse, Georges ^a   Van Den Heever, Dawid J ^b   De Jager, Linda ^c   Totolo, Otlogetswe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b VDH Industrial Hygiene CC ^*  (South Africa)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botswana; Environment; Mineralogy; Selebi Phikwe; Soils; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COPPER; NICKEL; REMEDIATION; SMELTING; SOILS;

PHYTOREMEDIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038039456     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230290034332     Document Type: Article

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