Contribution of Lithologic and Anthropogenic Factors to Surface Soil Heavy Metals in Western Iran Using Multivariate Geostatistical Analyses

Taghipour, Marzieh; Ayoubi, Shamsollah; Khademi, Hossein

doi:10.1080/15320383.2011.620045

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“…Ayoubi et al [9] also found that Fe, Mn, Ni, Co and Cr were associated in the lithogenic factor (factor 1), while Pb, Cu and Zn showed high loadings in the anthropogenic factor (factor 2). These findings are also partially in agreement with the results reported by Taghipour et al [15], who found that the contents of Co, Cr, and Ni were associated with the lithogenic factor. Their results also indicated that both Zn and Pb contents were associated with the anthropogenic factor and Cu was associated with the lithogenic-anthropogenic factor.…”

Section: Identification Of Heavy Metal Enrichment and Sourcessupporting

confidence: 83%

“…Among these five metals, Fe, Mn and Ni in PC1 showed a high similarity with the highest significant loadings (>0.83), indicating a similar source. Similarly, several other researchers found that Fe, Mn or Ni were found to be associated with parent rocks, indicating that these heavy metals were related with the soil-forming factors and suggesting their natural origin [9,11,14,15,44]. Additionally, in the obtained PCA loading 2-D plots of the current study, Cu and Zn and a group of Fe, Mn and Ni in PC1 are separated by a distance with significant correlation between them.…”

Section: Identification Of Heavy Metal Enrichment and Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…However, these methods might be not sufficiently reliable to identify the sources based on heavy metal content [10]. Recently, correlation matrix and multivariate analyses including the principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) have been introduced to make distinguishing between lithogenic and anthropogenic origin of heavy metals [9,[11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

Section: Areas Of Study Soil Sampling and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Levels, solid-phase fractions and sources of heavy metals at site received industrial effluents: a case study

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Almutairi

El-Maghraby

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Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability

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Heavy metals in the site received industrial effluents were investigated to assess the pollution levels, distribution of metal among solid-phase fractions and possible metal sources. The soil samples at different depths of 0-5, 5-25 and 25-50 cm were collected and analyzed for Fe, Mn, Cd, Zn, Cu, Ni and Pb. Among all metals, Cd content was not detected in all soil samples. The average contents of Pb and Zn are higher than the corresponding values of common range in earth crust. Meanwhile, the maximum contents of Cu and Zn are higher than those of Dutch optimum value but lower that the Dutch protection act target value. The maximum contents of Cu, Pb and Zn are higher than the average shale value. The most investigated heavy metals are mostly found in the potentially labile pool (>50.0%) including metal bound to carbonate, Fe/Mn oxides, or organically fractions. Enrichment factor (EF) in combination with multivariate analysis including principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) suggest that Mn and Ni associated with Fe in the soil samples were primarily originated from lithogenic sources. Pb was largely derived only from anthropogenic source, while Cu and Zn in the soil samples were controlled by the mixed natural and anthropogenic sources. These results suggest that discharging the industrial effluents into dumping site increased pollution level of Pb, Zn and Cu as well as enhanced their potentially labile pool that may be responsible for occurring potential toxic impacts on environmental quality.

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Section: Identification Of Heavy Metal Enrichment and Sourcessupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Identification Of Heavy Metal Enrichment and Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 71%

Section: Areas Of Study Soil Sampling and Analysismentioning

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Levels, solid-phase fractions and sources of heavy metals at site received industrial effluents: a case study

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El-Maghraby

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“…Having examined the lead accumulation rate in the agricultural lands of Hamedan province, Yeganeh (2012) indicated that without considering atmospheric subsidences, manures and weathering of parent materials account for 14 and 85% of the total lead introduced into agricultural lands, respectively. The study by Taghipour et al (2011) on the investigation of the source of heavy metals in part of Hamedan province, indicated that in the studied region, the concentration of chromium, nickel and cobalt is controlled in relation with parent materials (shale stones). Also, the copper concentration is jointly controlled by human activities and parent materials, whereas the concentration of input lead changes with human activities.…”

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Evaluation of some heavy metals contaminated soils around the Shahid Salimi power plant, Neka, Mazandaran Province, Iran

Sedghi¹

2019

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One of the most important problems threatening the health of natural resources and, in turn, the food safety of societies is environmental contamination. Heavy metals are considered as the environmental pollutants. The entry of heavy metals into the soil is done through the atmospheric sources and mostly via melting plants, oil refieries and power plants. Due to the mazut consumption in some seasons, power plants are considered as a threat to the soil. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating contamination of some heavy metals including copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, and nickel in the soils around the Shahid Salimi power plant, Neka located in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. One of the greatest threats is the possible contamination of cultivated paddy by pollutant elements. A number of 50 samples from the soil around the power plant were taken from a depth of 0–20 cm within the form of a regular grid and the concentration of the corresponding metals was measured in each of them. The mean background concentration of copper, nickel, lead, zinc, and cadmium was 36.2, 339.8, 90.8, 13.8, and 0.20 mg∙kg, respectively. The maximum mean contamination factor belongs to nickel, lead, copper, zinc, and cadmium, respectively. The frequency of the obtained contamination evaluation classes indicates that the majority of the analyzed samples have a medium level of contamination. Copper, nickel, and lead belong to the class of very high contaminants. By comparing the concentrations of the heavy metals of studied region with quality standard of Iranian soil resources, presented by the Department of Environment Protection of Iran, it was observed that the concentrations of cadmium, zinc, and copper have been signifiant at the level of 5% based on the standards determined by the agency for agricultural uses, environmental standard and groundwater level. In other words, they do not have conflct with the determined standard at any of the three levels.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /> <br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

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“…Soil pollution caused by toxic metals has harmful effects on the human health and environmental balance. Heavy metals such as Pb, Cu, Zn and Cd in urban soils are clear indicators of environmental contamination [1][2][3][4][5]. The main reason for heavy metals contamination in soil samples of urban areas is the human activities which include industrial waste and vehicle emissions among others.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heavy metals concentrations in selected soil samples of Al-Diwaniyah governorate, Southern Iraq

Al-Hamzawi

Al-Gharabi

2019

SN Appl. Sci.

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Heavy metals' origin, accumulation, and distribution in soil samples have been the focus of much attention by many researchers to monitor soil pollution. The objective of this study is to determine the levels of the heavy metals such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) in the soil samples collected from different areas residential, industrial and agricultural of Al-Diwaniyah governorate southern Iraq using the effective technique of atomic absorption spectroscopy AAS, so that the degree of pollution could be ascertained. The results show that the mean values of Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations in soil samples are 31.75, 1.804, 18.51 and 29.82 mg/l, respectively. The results show that the heavy metals concentrations were found to be higher in industrial regions than the other locations. Mean values of Pb and Cd in soils studied were generally higher than the acceptable limits, suggesting some degrees of pollution with heavy metals.

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Contribution of Lithologic and Anthropogenic Factors to Surface Soil Heavy Metals in Western Iran Using Multivariate Geostatistical Analyses

Cited by 72 publications

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Levels, solid-phase fractions and sources of heavy metals at site received industrial effluents: a case study

Levels, solid-phase fractions and sources of heavy metals at site received industrial effluents: a case study

Evaluation of some heavy metals contaminated soils around the Shahid Salimi power plant, Neka, Mazandaran Province, Iran

Heavy metals concentrations in selected soil samples of Al-Diwaniyah governorate, Southern Iraq

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