Hydrochemical characteristics of surface water and ecological risk assessment of sediments from settlements within the Birim River basin in Ghana
Abstract Background Geogenic and anthropogenic activities such as Artisanal and illegal gold mining continue to have negative impacts on the environment and river basins in China. This work studied the hydrogeochemical characteristics of surface water from the Birim River basin and assess the qualit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-05-01
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Series: | Environmental Systems Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40068-018-0113-1 |