Research Article

Dust Deposition and Associated Heavy Metal Contamination in the Neighborhood of a Cement Production Plant at Konongo, Ghana

Table 2

Dust loads at various distances on the study site at the four geographic locations.

Distance (m)Dust load (mg/m2/day)
NAEASAWA

10042.3643.7559.8848.41
20040.6245.6261.3450.57
30039.0241.8459.6250.83
40035.6942.9059.9151.74
Mean39.443.560.250.4
SD2.381.600.781.41

SD = standard deviation; NA =north axis; EA = east axis; SA = south axis; WA = west axis.