Contamination, Sources, Distribution and Risk Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Stream Sediments of Mewongo Gold District, Nyong Group, Cameroon

Stream sediments for preliminary gold exploration in the Mewongo area found in the Nyong Group of Cameroon were investigated to infer degree or risk of heavy metals pollution, possible sources and distribution of pollutants. Fifty-one samples collected and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-a...

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Published in:Water, air, and soil pollution air, and soil pollution, 2023-09, Vol.234 (9), p.601, Article 601
Main Authors: Fomekong, Bertrand Kehding, Djibril, Kouankap Nono Gus, Aloysius, Afahnwie Ngambu, Anoh, Njoh Olivier, Suh, Cheo Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
Anthropogenic factors
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Atomic properties
Chromium
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Cobalt
Contamination
Continental crust
Distribution
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Emission analysis
Environment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental risk
Gold
Hafnium
Heavy metals
Hydrogeology
Inductively coupled plasma
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Metal concentrations
Niobium
Pollutant load
Pollutants
Pollution
Pollution index
Pollution load
Pollution sources
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Risk levels
Rivers
Scientific imaging
Sediment
Sediment pollution
Sediments
Soil Science & Conservation
Stream pollution
Tantalum
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Water Quality/Water Pollution
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Summary:Stream sediments for preliminary gold exploration in the Mewongo area found in the Nyong Group of Cameroon were investigated to infer degree or risk of heavy metals pollution, possible sources and distribution of pollutants. Fifty-one samples collected and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry had mean metal concentrations in the order Au 
ISSN:0049-6979
1573-2932
DOI:10.1007/s11270-023-06553-9