Chemical properties of urban waste ash produced by open burning on the Jos Plateau: Implications for agriculture

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 319, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 225-240

  Pasquini, M W ^a   Alexander, M J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Open burning; Peri urban agriculture; Soil fertility; Urban waste ash

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMBUSTION; HEAVY METALS; RECYCLING; URBAN PLANNING;

URBAN WASTE ASH; WASTE RECYCLING;

WASTES;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; COPPER; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ASH; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PERIURBAN AREA; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASH; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY ASH; INCINERATION; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOIL FERTILITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AFRICA; JOS PLATEAU; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 1242338976     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00434-0     Document Type: Article

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