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Evaluation of metals that are potentially toxic to agricultural surface soils, using statistical analysis, in northwestern Saudi Arabia
Authors
A Adeyi
A Al-Taani
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A Castrignanò
A Facchinelli
A Iijima
A Lu
AA Al-Taani
AA Laboun
AJ Rodgers
AS Al Sharhan
AT Batayneh
B Rubio
B Wei
Bassam A. Abuamarah
BK Mandal
C Hervada-Sala
C Micó
CSL Lee
CW Chen
D Seber
D Sollitto
E Esen
F Cevik
Faisal K. Zaidi
Fares. M. Howari
FM Howari
FM Howari
G Muller
G Weckwerth
GMA Levia
H Ghrefat
H Ghrefat
H Yongming
HF Kaiser
HS Edgell
HT Chon
IS Park
Izrar Ahmed
J Pinedo
J Zhang
JAR Martín
JB Ellis
JB Wang
JI Yaqin
K Loska
K Loska
K Ono
Khaled M. Al-Kahtany
KK Turekian
L Borůvka
M Almazroui
M Ergin
MAH Bhuiyan
Muhammad Kamran Jafri
Muhammad Naeem
Nassir S. N. Al-Arifi
O Morton-Bermea
P Adamo
P Palma
PA Valberg
PM Ayyasamya
QQ Jiang
R Harrison
S Albanese
S Wong
S Wu
SH Chien
SM Charlesworth
SM Charlesworth
T Man-Zhi
T Sterckeman
U Forstner
X Li
Y Abu-Rukah
Y Nazzal
Y Nazzal
Y Nazzal
Yousef Nazzal
Z Yang
Publication date
1 January 2016
Publisher
'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Heavy metals in agricultural soils enter the food chain when taken up by plants. The main purpose of this work is to determine metal contamination in agricultural farms in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Fifty surface soil samples were collected from agricultural areas. The study focuses on the geochemical behavior of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn, and determines the enrichment factor and geoaccumulation index. Multivariate statistical analysis, including principle component analysis and cluster analysis, is also applied to the acquired data. The study shows considerable variation in the concentrations of the analyzed metals in the studied soil samples. This variation in concentration is attributed to the intensity of agricultural activities and, possibly, to nearby fossil fuel combustion activities, as well as to traffic flows from highways and local roads. Multivariate analysis suggests that As, Cd, Hg and Pb are associated with anthropogenic activities, whereas Co, Cr, Cu and Zn are mainly controlled by geogenic activities. Hg and Pb show the maximum concentration in the analyzed samples as compared to the background concentration
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