SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN CRUDE OIL SPILL SOIL.
OLUBODUN, S. O. AND ERIYAMREMU, G. E.
ABSTRACT
Soil contamination by heavy metals is consequently the most critical environmental problems as it poses significant impacts to human health and the ecosystem. The heavy metals may infiltrate deep into the layer of underground waters and pollute the groundwater and the surface water or are washed into nearby rivers and may pose great risk to the surrounding environment as a source of drinking water. This study was carried out to investigate the spatial distribution and chemical fractionation of some heavy metals in crude oil spill soil. An ex-situ experiment was…