Sources of heavy metal input into Winam Gulf, Kenya

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Lalah, J O ^a   Ochieng, E Z ^b   Wandiga, S O ^b  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Kenya; Rivers; Surface sediment; Water; Winam Gulf

Indexed keywords

CUT-OFF; DISSOLVED METAL CONCENTRATIONS; DRINKING WATER; DRY WEIGHT; ELEVATED LEVELS; EXCHANGEABLE CATIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; KENYA; LAKE SEDIMENTS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT LOADS; STRONG ACIDS; SURFACE SEDIMENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER; WINAM GULF;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; COPPER ALLOYS; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LAKES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLLUTION; POSITIVE IONS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KENYA; LEACHING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KENYA; METALS, HEAVY; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 49349109936     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9452-3     Document Type: Article

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