Using Contamination Indices for Assessments of Heavy Metals Status of Soils around Mercury Mine, in Kurşunlu, (Konya) Province

Authors : Ayşen AKAY, Hasan Hüseyin ÖZAYTEKIN

Pages : 312-319

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Publication Date : 2022-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The objective of this study was to establish contamination level for, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, As, Hg, Sb, Co, and Cd in soils around the old Hg mine area central part of Turkey. 34 surface samples from mine area were collected. Samples were digested and the metals were determined by ICP-OES and assess metal contamination in soils by using Enrichment factor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EF);, contamination factor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Cf);, Geoaccumulation index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Igeo);, hazard quotient insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HQ); insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(individual metal);, contamination index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Cd);, modified contamination index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mCd);, pollution load index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PLI);, and hazard load index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HLI); insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(multi metal);.Enrichment factor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EF);, contamination factor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Cf);, Geoaccumulation index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Igeo);, hazard quotient insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HQ); indicate that the soil in the most of studied points were unpolluted, slightly polluted or moderate degree of pollution with respect to Pb, Cr, Cd, Zn, Cu, Co and Ni, while the soils in all studied stations were extremely contaminated with respect to Hg, Sb and As. When the obtained result to by evaluated the cumulative effect of metal pollution load index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PLI);, the contamination degree insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Cd); and modified Contamination Degree insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(mCd);, and hazard load index were found to be very high high pollution, ultra-high degree pollution and medium pollution respectively indicating that the studied soils in were polluted by total of studied heavy metals.
Keywords : Mercury mine, Soil pollution, Contamination index