Quantitative geospatial dataset on the near-surface heavy metal concentrations in semi-arid soils from Maibele Airstrip North, Central Botswana.
This article contains a statistically analyzed dataset of the heavy metals including Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb contents of near-surface (~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.
Department of Earth & Environmental Science Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Private Bag 016, Palapye, Botswana.
Peter N
PN
Eze
Department of Earth & Environmental Science Botswana International University of Science & Technology, Private Bag 016, Palapye, Botswana.
Valiant S
VS
Mosokomani
Independent scholar, 8901 Avenue T, Lubbock, TX 79423, USA.
Theophilus K
TK
Udeigwe
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Namibia University of Science & Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.
Opeoluwa F
OF
Oyedele
Cu–Ni exploration; Grid sampling; Heavy metals; Meta sedimentary; Semi-arid soils