Assessment of Geo-Accumulation Index (Igeo) In Soil Samples of Fika Agrarian Community of Yobe State, Nigeria, Using Mp-Aes Analytical Technique

Abstract

Soil is a composite system which consists of organic and inorganic matter that directly or indirectly supports plant and animal life and is a crucial component of our rural and urban environments (Emanuel, 2015). Trace elements are natural constituents of soil which come from rocks and soils through the processes of erosion, transport and deposition. They can also be derived from anthropogenic sources in which case they are incorporated into sediments as artificial pollutants from industrial or urban releases and wastes (Bermea et al., 2002). Their low Igeo index are usually safe, but increased in Igeo index of these elements in the environment can be significantly destructive to plants and animal life (Macfarlane & Burchett, 2000). As such soil is feasibly the most endangered component of our environment which is open to potential contamination by a variety of different pollutants arising from majorly human activities such as nuclear,