FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170

FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION OF SOILS FROM A DUMPSITE AT ONITSHA, NIGERIA
Pages: 469-472
M. N. Chukwu, J. O. Dike and C. G. Okoli


keywords: Heavy metals, soil receptacles, dumpsite, bulk density, moisture content

Abstract

The concentrations of heavy metals and other soil variables; textural classes, pH, bulk density and soil moisture in soil receptacles of a solid waste dumpsite at Onitsha, Nigeria were assessed to ascertain the level of contamination. Soils from three sampling points and depths

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