Pedo-geochemical baseline content levels and soil quality reference values of trace elements in soils from the Mediterranean (Castilla La Mancha, Spain)

Jiménez‐Ballesta, Raimundo; Bueno, Paz Conde; Martin-Rubi, J. A.; Giménez, Rosario García

doi:10.2478/v10085-010-0028-1

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“…Cd was roughly comparable to its corresponding global mean value, while Pb was significantly lower than its corresponding global mean value (Bowen 1979;Kabata and Pendias 2001;Reiman and Caritat 1998). Comparisons between our results and the mean values reported from the Castilla-La Mancha region, Spain (with mean values 3.9, 19.3, 16.9 and 10.3 mg kg -1 for Cd, Pb, Ni and Cu, respectively) (Ballesta et al 2010) led us to the conclusion that except for Cd and Pb (whose concentrations were lower than those in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), the two other heavy metals i.e. Ni and Cu had higher values in our under-study area.…”

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confidence: 84%

Spatial Eco-Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surface Soils of Industrial City of Aran-o-Bidgol, Iran

Ravankhah

Mirzaei

Masoum

2016

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Heavy metals usually accumulate and migrate in soil environment due to human activities and this in return poses potential ecological and health risks. A total of 135 surface soil samples were collected from Aran-o-Bidgol City, Iran and were analyzed for their Cd, Pb, Ni and Cu concentrations to determine these elements' spatial distribution and potential ecological risks. To this end, interpolation mapping was conducted using Ordinary Kriging. The mean concentrations of Cd, Pb, Ni and Cu in the samples were 0.72, 11.41, 29.87 and 14.82 mg kg(-1), respectively, which were all higher than their background values. The spatial variation in the concentration of heavy metals could be attributable to point sources and vehicle emissions. Considering the severity of the potential ecological risks of metals, the descending order of contaminants' concentrations was Cd > Cu > Ni > Pb. The Potential Ecological Risk Index (RI) suggested that approximately 40 % and 59 % of the samples posed high and significantly high potential ecological risks, respectively. Moreover, ecological risk decreased progressively going from southwest to northeast over the under-study area. Considering the background values and RI, this area presented a relatively high level of contamination.

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confidence: 84%

Spatial Eco-Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surface Soils of Industrial City of Aran-o-Bidgol, Iran

Ravankhah

Mirzaei

Masoum

2016

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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“…The order of the contents of elements in soils approximately corresponds to the general order of the contents of elements in soil of the world (KabataPendias and Pendias 1984) and the region (Jiménez Ballesta et al 2009). …”

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Red soil geochemistry in a semiarid Mediterranean environment and its suitability for vineyards

Navarro

Ortíz-Villajos

Jiménez³

et al. 2010

Environ Geochem Health

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A geochemical study of a red soil derived from plioquaternary materials was carried out. The soil was located in a region of complex geomorphology and pedologic evolution, with particular characteristics of a Mediterranean climate associated with processes of alteration, rubification, gleying (hydromorphism) and argillization. The depth distribution of 27 trace elements was studied in order to determine the amounts of these elements in the soil and its tendency. The mineralogy of the clay fraction was also studied along with other physico-chemical properties to elucidate in terms of attributes meaningful for viticulture. The geochemical composition of the horizons was studied. The effect of human activities on the soil was investigated as well as the geographical origin of Mancha wines. It was found that these activities did not give rise to significant variations of trace elements, although a discontinuity related to the accumulation of new materials was detected. Ultimately, using established productivity standards, suitability for the cultivation of vines on these soils was determined.

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“…where, P is the synthesis evaluation score, C i is the measured content of a certain element at a sampling point, i denotes the element and S i is the evaluation criterion of the i-th kind of element. The upper limit of expected background variation for each trace element in the soil is documented, as is its range as a criterion for evaluating which sites may require decontamination (Ballesta et al, 2010). In this study, the evaluation criterion is based on Chinese Soil Environmental Quality Assessment Standard (GB15618-1995) (Cu ≤ 50 mg/kg, Zn ≤ 200 mg/kg, Pb ≤ 250 mg/kg, Cd ≤ 0.3 mg/kg).…”

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Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in the farmland along mineral product transportation routes in Zhejiang, China

Yan

Liu

Peng

et al. 2016

Soil Use and Management

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Various metal pollutants transported from certain sources may considerably contaminate the soil environment. It was reported that transportation related metal pollution was closely associated with the distance, the freight volume and traffic emissions. However, the effect of topography on the heavy metal distribution in the soils along transportation routes has received little attention. In the present investigation, arable soils along two selected transportation routes for mineral products were studied to characterize the topographic impacts on their level of metal pollution. Soil samples were collected within a 5‐m radius following ‘S’ sampling procedure using spatial autocorrelation analysis. The descriptive statistics showed that most of the heavy metal (Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd) concentrations exceeded the background value of Zhejiang Province and contents of most metals in Area B, within a plain, were generally higher than in Area A, a valley within a hilly region. LISA maps showed that all heavy metals did not have similar spatial autocorrelation in Area B. The spatial distribution maps in Area A showed that distribution of most of the contaminants Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb had a similar spatial structure and were located along a transportation route. In Area A within valley topography, metal concentrations in soils were found generally to decrease with increasing distance from the road. However, this was not valid for Area B on the plain, where the metals concentrated in the soils could be derived from multiple sources, particularly emissions from nearby local industry.

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Pedo-geochemical baseline content levels and soil quality reference values of trace elements in soils from the Mediterranean (Castilla La Mancha, Spain)

Cited by 41 publications

References 19 publications

Spatial Eco-Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surface Soils of Industrial City of Aran-o-Bidgol, Iran

Spatial Eco-Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Surface Soils of Industrial City of Aran-o-Bidgol, Iran

Red soil geochemistry in a semiarid Mediterranean environment and its suitability for vineyards

Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in the farmland along mineral product transportation routes in Zhejiang, China

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