Quantitative geospatial dataset on the near-surface heavy metal concentrations in semi-arid soils from Maibele Airstrip North, Central Botswana.

Autor: Eze PN; Department of Earth & Environmental Science Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Private Bag 016, Palapye, Botswana., Mosokomani VS; Department of Earth & Environmental Science Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Private Bag 016, Palapye, Botswana., Udeigwe TK; Independent scholar, 8901 Avenue T, Lubbock, TX 79423, USA., Oyedele OF; Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Namibia University of Science & Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Data in brief [Data Brief] 2016 Aug 17; Vol. 8, pp. 1448-53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Aug 17 (Print Publication: 2016).
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.08.026
Abstrakt: This article contains a statistically analyzed dataset of the heavy metals including Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb contents of near-surface (~30 cm depth) soils in a Cu-Ni prospecting field at Airstrip North, Central Botswana. The soils developed on paragneisses and amphibolites parent materials in a semi-arid environment with hardveld vegetation, "The geology of the Topisi area" (Key et al., 1994) [1]. Grid sampling was adopted in the field data collection. Heavy metals were determined using the relatively new portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer (Delta Premium, 510,890, USA) technology in a "soil" mode. The data presented was obtained from the average reading of two soil samples collected from same point but passed through sieves.
Databáze: MEDLINE