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

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Eze, Peter

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Author list: Eze PN, Mosokomani VS, Udeigwe TK, Oyedele OF

Publisher: Elsevier: Creative Commons Licenses / Elsevier

Place: AMSTERDAM

Publication year: 2016

Journal: Data in Brief (2352-3409)

Journal acronym: DATA BRIEF

Volume number: 8

Start page: 1448

End page: 1453

Number of pages: 6

ISSN: 2352-3409

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

This article contains a statistically analyzed dataset of the heavy metals including Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb contents of near-surface (similar to 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. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

Cu-Ni exploration, Grid sampling, heavy metals, Meta sedimentary, Semi-arid soils

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