Assessment of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in the Tarkwa gold mining area of Ghana using epiphytic lichens

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1492-1501

  Boamponsem, L K ^a,b   Adam, J I ^a   Dampare, S B ^c,d   Nyarko, B J B ^c   Essumang, D K ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Heavy metal; Lichen; Multivariate statistical analysis; Neutron activation analysis; Pollution indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; BACKGROUND VALUE; BIOMONITORING; DOMINANT SPECIES; ELEVATED LEVEL; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; GOLD MINING; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL DEPOSITION; IN-SITU; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; LICHEN; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SOILS; NATURAL SOURCES; POLLUTION INDEX; POLLUTION LOADS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; STUDY AREAS;

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM; ELECTRON EMISSION; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD MINES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950932306     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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