Ecological Risk Assessment and Source Analysis of Heavy Metals in the Soils of a Lead-Zinc Mining Watershed Area

Ecological Risk Assessment and Source Analysis of Heavy Metals in the Soils of a Lead-Zinc Mining Watershed Area

In this study, concentrations of Cr, Mn, Pb, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Sb, and Fe were determined in soils of a Pb-Zn mine watershed in northern Guangxi, China, for ecological risk assessment and source analysis. The atomic fluorescence spectrometry and ICP-OES were used to determine concentrations of heavy m...

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Main Authors: Yongxing Pan, Meng Chen, Xiaotong Wang, Yudao Chen, Kun Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
lead-zinc mine
soil heavy metals
contamination level
ecological risk
source analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/1/113

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