Grain size, organic characteristics and heavy metals in surface sediment from Densu Estuary, Ghana

Akita, Lailah Gifty; Laudien, Jürgen; Nyarko, Elvis

Grain size, organic characteristics and heavy metals in surface sediment from Densu Estuary, Ghana

2020

Akita, Lailah Gifty | Laudien, Jürgen | Nyarko, Elvis

Urbanization and agriculture along the coastal regions of Ghana contribute to increasing environmental pollution. Ecological assessment of heavy metals in surface sediment of Densu Delta was used to determine the state of ecological environmental quality for its sustainable management. Also, organic pollution is a major environmental problem. The data provides spatial distribution on grain size, organic properties and metals of surface sediment in a tropical estuary, West Africa, Ghana.

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AGROVOC Keywords

carbon clay copper depth ghana gulf of guinea heavy metals iron lead manganese mercury nitrogen organic matter phosphorus sand silt titration zinc

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Publisher

PANGAEA

Other Subjects

Densu_s10_1; S9; Eg; Densu_s9_1; Size fraction < 0.002 mm; Densu_s4_1; Element analysis chn; Grain size; Densu_s2_1; S5; Densu delta; Chemical pollution; Latitude of event; Densu_s3_1; Total digestion; Uv/vis spectrometer; Perkin-elmer 5000; Densu_s8_1; S2; Dry combustion; Densu_s6_1; Densu_s7_1; S10; Sediment organic matter; Densu_s5_1; S3; Element analyser aas; Graphite furnace; Carbon/nitrogen ratio; Calculated; Densu_s1_1; S1; S6; Organic; Loss on ignition; S8; Walkley-black (jackson 1964); S7; Total; Ekman grab; Sediment/rock; Carbonate free sediment; Coastal pollution; Event label; Grain size nomenclature after shepard (1954); Longitude of event; S4

Language

English

Format

text/tab-separated-values, 142 data points

License

CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Access constraints: unrestricted, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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Dataset

In AGRIS since: 2024-11-28

Modification date: 2025-01-28

Format: Dublin Core

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