Contamination factor and pollution load index to estimate source apportionment of selected heavy metals in soils around a cement factory, SW Iran

Rahmanian, Mohamad; Safari, Yaser

doi:10.1080/03650340.2020.1861252

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“…It allows to compare pollution in different soil sites [16] This is the nth root of the number of contamination factor values for all metals. PLI can be used to determine the level of sediment contamination by reflecting the number of times the heavy metal concentrations in a given sediment sample exceed the background geochemical concentrations [17].…”

Section: Assessment Of Contamination 1) the Pollution Load Index (Pli)mentioning

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Contamination Assessment by Heavy Metals of the Ykem River Sediments (Coastal Meseta, Morocco)

Aoufa¹,

Chahid²,

Baghdad³

et al. 2022

IJESD

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The main objective of this study is to evaluate the degree of pollution of Wadi Ykem through a geochemical study allowing highlighting the physicochemical characteristics as well, the evaluation and the distribution of the heavy metal contents in the sediments. For the environmental assessment of its sediments, a study was carried out to determine the concentrations of major elements and trace elements (Cd, Cr, Al, Pb, Zn, Cu and Ni) during two different hydrological seasons: in summer (June 2017) and in winter (April 2018). In the two campaigns 20 sediment samples were collected in 10 sampling sites. The various sampling sites were distributed upstream and downstream of the Ykem river. These metals were analyzed at CNESTEN using the ICP MS technique. The geo-accumulation index, the Enrichment Factor (EF) and the Pollution Load Index (PLI) were used for the assessment of metallic contamination of the sediments. The results of this study show a homogeneous distribution of the contents of major elements with a dominance of the elements SiO2 and TiO2 in the two campaigns. High Cd contents which exceed the contents of geochemical backgrounds. High levels of Cd, Pb and Al. And low concentrations for (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn) for the two campaigns. The PLI variations show that all the stations have PLI values greater than 1. The Enrichment Factor does not show contamination at all sampling stations. The values of Igeo show levels which vary from uncontaminated to moderately contaminated.

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Section: Assessment Of Contamination 1) the Pollution Load Index (Pli)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contamination Assessment by Heavy Metals of the Ykem River Sediments (Coastal Meseta, Morocco)

Aoufa¹,

Chahid²,

Baghdad³

et al. 2022

IJESD

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Use of new Indices for the Assessment of Air Quality in the Safi Region (Morocco) using Lichen Biomonitoring of Air Contamination by Trace Elements

Mohamed,

Mohammed,

Abdelhay

2023

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soils around cement factory and health risk assessment: a case study of Canakkale-Ezine (NW Turkey)

Parlak

Everest

Tunçay³

2023

Environ Geochem Health

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Contamination factor and pollution load index to estimate source apportionment of selected heavy metals in soils around a cement factory, SW Iran

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Contamination Assessment by Heavy Metals of the Ykem River Sediments (Coastal Meseta, Morocco)

Contamination Assessment by Heavy Metals of the Ykem River Sediments (Coastal Meseta, Morocco)

Use of new Indices for the Assessment of Air Quality in the Safi Region (Morocco) using Lichen Biomonitoring of Air Contamination by Trace Elements

Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soils around cement factory and health risk assessment: a case study of Canakkale-Ezine (NW Turkey)

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