Delineation of contamination plume around oxidation sewage-ponds in Southwestern Nigeria

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1137-1146

  Adepelumi, A A ^a   Ako, B D ^a   Afolabi, O ^a   Arubayi, J B ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Electrical resistivity; Nigeria; Sewage; Soil; Very low frequency

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OXIDATION; SAND; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL CEMENT;

NIGERIA; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PLUME; SEWAGE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 28344446337     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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