The effects of copper oxy chloride waste contamination on selected soil biochemical properties at disposal site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 228-236

  Masaka, J ^a   Muunganirwa, M ^a  

^a MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Metal copper contamination; Soil environment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WASTEWATER;

DISPOSAL SITES; METAL COPPER CONTAMINATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; TOPSOILS; WASTE CONTAMINATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

COPPER CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; COPPER COMPOUND; RIVER BANK; SAMPLING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COPPER; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOBACCO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 36649015180     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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