Geoenvironmental assessment of soil pollution with heavy metals in El Tarf region (NE Algeria)
October 14, 2020
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| Article Title: | Geoenvironmental assessment of soil pollution with heavy metals in El Tarf region (NE Algeria) |
| Authors: | Zaoui L., Benselhoub A. |
| Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University MBB Batna 2, Batna, Algeria Laboratory Research of Soil and Sustainable Development, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba.Algeria Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine |
| Abstract: | The pollution of heavy metals in soil undesirably affects its physicochemical criteria important to infertility and low yield of crops due to their toxicity. To evaluate the degree and spatial distribution of metal pollution such as Pb, Zn, Mn, and Fe for two seasons (summer and winter) in agricultural soils located in El Tarf region- Algeria in two horizons (0-20)cm and (20-40)cm, which drained by the Bounamoussa River. The average contents of heavy metals in soils were determined using a chemical digestion process and analysis by ICP-MS.I-geo, FC, CF, DC, and PLI were calculated as indicators for soil pollution with heavy metals elements. The trend of heavy metals in both seasons and horizons soil according to average concentrations was Fe > Pb > Mn > Zn increasing with the direction of the Bounamoussa River flow from southeast to northwest with a high and unsafe level of heavy metals (iron and lead). |
| Keywords: | ICP-MS, analysis, Geo-accumulation Index, agricultural soils, Contamination factor |
| *Correspondence: | Aissa Benselhoub, e-mail: benselhoub@yahoo.fr. |
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