An Assessment of Solid Waste Management …
The Southwest Nigeria has witnessed tremendous increase in output of municipal wastes in the recent years. Non availability of government policy on solid wastes management or its lack of ...
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around four major quarry sites within Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria. METHODS Study Area Four quarries within Abeokuta, an ancient town in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria were investigated …
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The plant restructuring was completed in September 2014, with full production in October 2014. The Plant capacity was increased from 1.2 metric tons per annum to 5 million metric tons per annum, making the plant one of the largest quarry plant in South West Nigeria. B. MINING OPERATIONS Azara/Abuni, Nassarawa State [Solid Minerals Mining]
Critical Issues of Sustainability Associated with Quarry …
Basange Formation forms the Northern limit of Southwest Nigeria sedimentary basin underlying a quarter of Iyuku while the rest is underlain by extensive igneous rocks (Granite and Pegmatite) ... Quarry operations can cause serious environmental degradation when proper siting, design, operation and monitoring
Electrical Imaging Characterization of a Dumpsite on an …
Groundwater quality assessment around municipal solid waste dumpsite in Abeokuta, South-West Nigeria. Pac. J. Sci. Technol., 14 (1) (2013), pp. 593-603. ... Geophysical characterization of basement rocks and groundwater potentials using electrical sounding data from Odeda Quarry Site, South-western, Nigeria. Asian J. Earth Sci., 5 (3) (2012 ...
(PDF) Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and their …
The study was designed to appraise the industrial ergonomics of manufacturing industry in south west Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design the population for the study were foreman ...
Electrical Imaging Characterization of a Dumpsite on an …
dumpsite on an abandoned quarry site within the Abeokuta metropolis, Ogun State, Nige- ria. A total of twenty-five 2D profiles were mapped, adopting Wenner configuration us-
Effect of seasonal variations on quarry operations in …
Effect of seasonal variations on quarry operations in Southwest Nigeria 29 lands found in the tropics. Nigeria's seasons are determined by rainfall with rainy season and dry season being the major seasons in Nigeria (Geography of Nigeria, 2021). Seasonal changes present great risks to mining operations because these mining
Palynology of Late Paleocene Earliest Eocene Outcrop …
outcrop samples from Shagamu Quarry, Shagamu, south west Nigeria were collected at an average of 0.5 m interval from the Oshoshun (Akinbo) Formation. Twenty-five grams each of sediments was palynologically treated with the use of HCI, HF, and acidified ZnCl 2 solution for heavy mineral separation. Samples were studied using Olympus microscope ...
(PDF) Radiation risk assessment of quarry pit soil as …
PDF | On Nov 24, 2023, Oluwaseyi A. Jegede and others published Radiation risk assessment of quarry pit soil as construction material in Abeokuta, Nigeria: implications for environmental and ...
Soil quality and metal distribution around stone …
This study assessed soil quality and distribution of metals in soils around four quarrying sites (PAPA, S&D, TCity and Mile 8) within Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Thirty six topsoil samples...
Geophysical Characterization of Basement Rocks …
Odeda is in the north central region of Ogun State and has accessible and well-connected roads and foot paths. The quarry has two phases; the abandoned site and the new site. This study covered part of the new site …
List of South West States in Nigeria
2. Lagos State. Capital: Ikeja Tribes: Yoruba, Ewe and Ogu Languages: Yoruba, Igbo, Awori, Hausa, Arabic, English Economic Activities: Oil, Agri-food Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967, and it is one of the …
Effect of seasonal variations on quarry operations in …
This study assessed the seasonal effects on quarry operations and productivity in South-Western, Nigeria. Data were collected through oral interview, supplemented with well structured pre …
(PDF) Practice of Occupational safety among Artisianal miners …
In our study, the percentage of miners with poor education was higher than that reported by Babatunde et al. [30] in South-west Nigeria (19%), and less than that indicated by Aggarwal [31] in ...
Recent trends in land-use and cover change and …
Land-use and cover change reflects choices in natural resource governance. Despite heavy targets on the forest and woodland, the southwest Nigeria states have little quantitative information on the magnitude and direction of land-use change across the states. This drives unsustainable land management and deforestation. This study utilized vegetation …
Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals in Soil and Plant in a …
selected because it is one of the largest functioning quarry industries in Southwestern Nigeria. The area lies at latitudes 7° 25' and 7° 30' N and longitudes 4° 16' and 4° 20' E. The study area falls within the humid tropics where the climate is seasonally damp, typical of …
Geology and Geotectonic Setting of the Basement …
Precambrian Geology of Nigeria including the Southwestern Nigerian basement complex. The Eburnean event is marked by the emplacement of the Ibadan granite gneiss in Southwestern Nigeria which has been dated 2500±200Ma (Rahaman 1988) and a pink granite gneiss at Ile-Ife Southwestern Nigeria dated 1875Ma using U-Pb on Zircon. Thus
THE NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AND …
The naturally occurring radioactivity concentrations of 40 K, 238 U and 232 Th in quarry samples from different locations in some South Eastern part of Nigeria was carried out using NaI (TI) detector.
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South-West Nigeria. International Journal of Scientific ... The quarry dust sandcrete brick produced was compared with the fired clay brick produced in local markets based on compressive strengths ...
Assessment of radiological hazard of quarry products from southwest Nigeria
The term "quarry products" comprises different natural rocks with different mineral contents, crushed into various sizes at quarries. The concentrations of the naturally occurring radionuclides 40 K, 238 U and 232 Th in quarry products from southwest Nigeria have been measured using gamma ray spectrometry. The gamma absorbed dose rate (D R), radium …
Assessment of Indoor and Soil-Gas Radon Concentration of a Quarry …
The result shows higher values of radon-gas concentration in the quarry site compared with area outside the quarry and when compared to the International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) suggested value of radon concentration in soil and sediment, which is in the range of 0.4 to 40 KBqm-3, result shows that most location within the ...
PALYNOLOGY OF LATE PALEOCENE-EARLIEST EOCENE OUTCROP SEDIMENTS …
Materials and Methods Ten outcrop samples from Shagamu Quarry, Shagamu, south west Nigeria were collected at an average of 0.5 m interval from the Oshoshun (Akinbo) Formation. Twenty-five grams each of sediments was palynologically treated with the use of HCI, HF, and acidified ZnCl2 solution for heavy mineral separation.
(PDF) Radiometric Impact Assessment Around Two Quarry
Radiometric Impact Assessment Around Two Quarry Sites, Benin-Owo Express Way, Southwestern Nigeria International Journal of Engineering and Geosciences doi 10.26833/ijeg.357161. Full Text Open PDF ... South-West, Nigeria Journal of Environmental Protection. 2019 English. Assessment of Some Chemical Properties of Isan - Ekiti Soil, …
Health impact assessment of quarrying in some parts of …
Twenty four (24) quarry soil-dust samples were collected within and outside the 12 rock aggregates and limestone quarries in southwestern Nigeria. Two samples from both …
Recent trends in land-use and cover change and …
Despite heavy targets on the forest and woodland, the southwest Nigeria... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate. ... 72 Quarry 0.00 0.00 4.37 0.01 2.80 0.00 4.37 ...
(PDF) AN ASSESSMENT OF GRANITE QUARRYING IMPACT …
in various state; in south west Nigeria the concentration of quarries in Ogun and Oyo compared to other states is because of the availability of granite producing rock deposit and proximity to ...
Assessment of radiological hazard of quarry products from southwest Nigeria
Gbenu et al. [7] reported on the radiological risk of 40 K, 238 U, and 232 Th in quarry products in Southwest Nigeria and observed that some of the radiation parameters were above the permissible ...
Effect of seasonal variations on quarry operations in …
Abstract: This study assessed the seasonal effects on quarry operations and productivity in South-Western, Nigeria. Data were collected through oral interview, supplemented with well …
Geostatistical assessment of soils in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria…
The study area is located in the southeastern portion of Ibadan SE Sheet 261, which includes portions of the states of Oyo and Ogun in Nigeria's southwestern region (Fig. 1).As described by Ayodele in 2013, the investigated area is underlain by Precambrian strata typical of the basement complex (Fig. 2).Kennedy documented in 1964 that these strata formed during …