ASSESSMENT OF LABILE METALS IN EFFLUENTS FROM LUBRICATING OIL COMPANY IN OSOGBO OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract Effluent and sediment samples were collected on seasonal basis, comprising of three months (August to October) in the wet season and three months (December to February) in the dry season from five points around a lubricating oil company in Osogbo – Nigeria. The sequential extraction method was used to respectively fractionate the sediment and […]

RATE OF LAND COVER CHANGE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN THE SOUDANO-GUINEA TRANSITION ZONE OF BENIN REPUBLIC

Abstract The paper assesses land cover dynamics and its associated drivers in the soudano-guinea transition zone of Benin Republic, using both spatial and non-spatial data. Multispectral and multi temporal Landsat imageries (Landsat TM of 1986, ETM+ of 2000 and OLI-TIRS of 2013) were used for the analysis of land cover dynamics through a supervised classification. […]