Contamination and Source Identification of the Elemental Contents of Soil Samples from Municipal and Medical Waste Dumpsites in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Contamination in soil samples collected from municipal and medical waste sites was assessed by employing four indices: contamination factor (Cf ), degree of contamination (Cdeg), pollution load index (PLI), and index of geoaccumulation (Igeo).  The sources of soil contaminants were identified by usi...

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Main Authors: Oyediran Kayode Owoade, Ogundele Lasun Tunde, Felix Samuel Olise, Abigail T. Odekunle, Pelumi O. Abiodun, Godwin C. Ezeh, Philip K. Hopke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-07-01
Series:EQA
Subjects:
pmf
Online Access:https://eqa.unibo.it/article/view/10599