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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.12691/JGG-2-2-1 Corpus ID: 52261379; Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and Soil in Luku, Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria @inproceedings{Ako2014EnvironmentalEO, title={Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and Soil in Luku, Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria}, author={Thomas …
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