Geochemical Characteristics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Soil of Gaomi City
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Gaomi City, the hinterland of Jiaolai Plain in Shandong Peninsula, was selected as the research object. A total of 8197 surface soil samples were collected to determine the contents of eight soil heavy metals (HMs)including Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), and Mercury (Hg). Statistical methods were used to find out the geochemical background (GCB) in the area, systematic clustering and factor analysis were used to study the homology between HMs, and single-factor evaluation method was used to evaluate the ecological risks in the study area. The results of the study show that the ecological risk of the surface soil in the study area is relatively low, dominated by a planar distribution, with only a few high-risk points. The uneven distribution of Hg in the surface soil is affected by human activities to a certain extent. The ratio of the GCB of the geological unit area to the GCB of the whole area shows that the Hg content of the Qingshan Group and Dasheng Group geological units is higher, and the Pb content in the subvolcanic rock area is slightly higher. The ecological pollution risk in the study area is generally low, and only exists individual high-risk areas, distributed radially in densely populated areas
Arsenic · Biology · Cadmium · Enrichment factor · Heavy metals · Mercury (programming language · Metallurgy · Soil test · Soil water · Chemistry · Environmental Quality and Pollution · Environmental Science · Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping · Heavy metals in environment · Materials Science · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Geology · Pollution · Soil Science
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