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Content and Background Concentrations of Heavy Metals in the Sediment of Urban River in Northern Anhui Province, China
Corresponding Author(s) : Song Chen
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 15 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 15
Abstract
The concentrations of 16 chemical elements in the sediment samples from urban river were measured at the northern Anhui province, China. Based on correlation coefficients and regression analysis, the relationships among these elements of 37 sediment samples were studied. The element Al was selected as the reference element for Cr, Zn, V and Cu, while Fe was used as the reference element for Co, Mn, As and Pb. The regional geochemical baseline models of these heavy metals were obtained by the linear baseline model. The background concentrations of these heavy metals were calculated using the selected sediment samples which among the 95 % confidence interval. The result showed that the background were 763, 66.92, 52.84, 238.82, 39.65, 60.18, 28.73 and 13.60 (mg kg-1) for the elements Mn, V, Cr, Co, Cu, Zn, Pb and As, respectively.
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H.M. Chen, Environmental Soil Science, Science Publishing House, Beijing, p. 238 (2005) (in Chinese)
F.M.G. Tack, M.G. Verloo, L. Vanmechelen and E. Van Ranst, Sci. Total Environ., 201, 113 (1997).
W.X. Liu, X.D. Li, Z.G. Shen, D.C. Wang, O.W.H. Wai and Y.S. Li, Environ. Pollut., 121, 377 (2003).
Y.Z. Su and R. Yang, J. Geochem. Explor., 98, 57 (2008).
C.Y. Lin, M.C. He, Y.X. Li and S.Q. Liu, Chemi der Erde, 72, 23 (2012).
K.C. Schiff and S.B. Weisberg, Environ. Res., 48, 161 (1999).
M. Mil-Home, R.L. Stevens, I. Cato and F. Abrantes, Environ. Pollut., 148, 418 (2007).
D.H. Loring, J. Marine Sci., 48, 101 (1991).
R.L. Rudnick and S. Gao, Treatise Geochem., 3, 1 (2003).
A. Cobelo-Garcia and R. Prego, Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Sci., 60, 695 (2004).
S. Luoma, In eds.: R. Furness and P. Rainbow, Processes Affecting Metal Concentrations in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Sediments, Heavy Metals in the Marine Environment, CRC, Boca Raton, FL,USA, pp. 51-66 (1990).
S.J. Schropp, F.G. Lewis and H.L. Windom, Estuarine, 13, 227 (1990).
J.P. Coakley and D.J. Poulton, Estuarine, 16, 873 (1993).