Risks associated with the mining of Pb-Zn minerals in some parts of the Southern Benue trough, Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3755-3765

  Igwe, Ogbonnaya ^a   Adepehin, Ekundayo Joseph ^a   Iwuanyanwu, Chukwuemeka ^a   Una, Chuku Okoro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Leachate and PTMs; Lower Benue trough; Pb Zn mineralization; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; LABORATORIES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; TAILINGS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

BENUE TROUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LEACHATES; MONITORING ASSESSMENT; PB-ZN MINERALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

MINERALOGY;

CADMIUM; COPPER; INDIUM; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHATE; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINE TAILINGS; NIGERIA; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BENUE VALLEY; NIGERIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MINERALS; MINING; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

EID: 84900794348     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3655-3     Document Type: Article

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