Heavy metal pollution study of Onyi river in Obajana Community of Kogi State, Nigeria
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heavy metal pollution in kabini river sediments
the river kabini which is tributary of cauvery drains through industrial area at nanjangud, karnataka. out of the sediment load carried by the river, 2micron the clay fraction was analyzed for total heavy metal contents and advanced statistical techniques such as cluster analysis and correlation matrix were applied in order to investigate the source of heavy metal concentration in the sediments...
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عنوان ژورنال: IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2278-5736
DOI: 10.9790/5736-0232631