Environmental impact of heavy metals distribution in water and sediments of Ogunpa River, Ibadan area, southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Mining and Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-83

  Tijani, Moshood N ^a   Jinno, Kennji ^b   Hiroshiro, Yoshinari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3242880448     PISSN: 11162775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/jmg.v40i1.18811     Document Type: Article

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