ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF UNCOMMON HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION IN THE SOILS OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF UŞAK, WESTERN TURKIYE

Authors : Ümit YILDIZ

Pages : 441-456

Doi:10.59313/jsr-a.1260175

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Publication Date : 2023-03-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of the uncommon heavy metals insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ag, Bi, Co, Sb, Th, Tl, U, and V); in 90 soil samples obtained from both urban and agricultural lands near Uşak, western Turkiye to investigate dimensions of the existing ecological pollution using geoaccumulation and enrichment factor indices, and to identify their potential pollutants. The concentration values for the selected elements ranged from 0.01 to 0.46 mg/kg for silver insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ag);; 0.07 to 0.72 mg/kg for bismuth insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Bi);; 7.9 to 55.8 mg/kg for cobalt insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Co);; 0.12 to 27.99 mg/kg antimony insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Sb);; 3.4 to 17.7 mg/kg for thorium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Th);; 0.04 to 0.5 mg/kg for thallium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Tl);; 0.3 to 7.3 mg/kg for uranium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U);; and 18 to 72 mg/kg for vanadium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(V);. Igeo values of Ag showed moderate to heavy contamination in the city center of Uşak province. Igeo values of Bi and Sb in the west part of the study area indicated extremely contaminated soils. EF values for Bi and Sb also showed significant enrichment in the soils in the western portion of the study area which further validates that the potential sources for Bi and Sb heavy metals contaminations might be anthropogenic.
Keywords : Uncommon heavy metals contamination, Geoaccumulation index, Enrichment Factor, Bismuth, Antimony

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