Metal contamination of soils collected from four different sites along the lower Diep River, Cape Town, South Africa

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2045-2051

  Ayeni, O O ^a   Ndakidemi, P A ^a   Snyman, R G ^a   Odendaal, J P ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Cadmium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Ecosystem; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Nickel; Pollution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650980638     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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