Applying Some Indices For Soil Pollution Assessment In Northern Industrial Area From Erbil Governorate

Soil pollution by some heavy metals including: Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd and Pb from northern industrial area of Erbil City was assessed. The contamination indices geoaccumulation (Igeo), factor (CF), enrichment (EF), degree (Cdeg), load index (PLI) element (ECI) were applied to assess soil in North Industrial at three sites (for both surface sub-surface soils). Maximum Fe value 34243.6 ppm recorded (site 2). values 265.4, 248.8, 98.23 397.45 for Cu Zn 3). Whereas, maximum 22.52, 5.36, 23.9, 6.12 65.67 Ag, Results analysed have shown that the studied severely contaminated with Cd, so detected concentration (300 meters away area). classified as moderate strong contamination. Behavioral toxicity experiment showed slight growth effect on Lepidium sativum L.