The construction of large-scale infrastructures such as nature gas/oil pipelines involves extensive disturbance to regional ecosystems. Few studies have documented the soil degradation and heavy metal contamination caused by pipeline construction. In this study, chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) levels were evaluated using Index of Geo-accumulation (...

Express roads are a potential source of heavy metal contamination in the surrounding environment. The Warsaw Expressway (E30) is one of the busiest roads in the capital of Poland and cuts through the ecologically valuable area (Mazowiecki Natural Landscape Park). Soil samples were collected at distances of 0.5, 4.5 and 25 m from the expressway. The concentrations of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), n...

This study aimed to investigate the risk of element/heavy metal pollution caused by listvenitization. In this context, heavy listvenite-derived soils in region where listvenitized ultrabasic rocks are present as a result hydrothermal alterations vicinity Alakeçi (Bayramiç Çanakkale/Western Türkiye) was investigated with index, geoaccumulation index and integrated parameters. For purpose, Cu, Zn...

Coastal aquatic ecosystems are environments increasingly affected by human activities due to urban discharges and their use as dumps. The objective of this study is determine the profiles metallic elements concentration (Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb) Cotonou channel sediments evaluate quality. For this, surface (0-5cm) were sampled at 13 sites along channel. Thus,Geoaccumulation I...

Soils are the basic and most important resources of any people. Differences in soil’s physical and chemical properties are related to the spatial distribution of land uses. Most of these human activities generate toxic substances that are transported considerable distances away from source and become accumulated in soils, sediment, water bodies and fisheries. Urban soils are largely affected by...

The Al-Salam Lagoon is one of the recreational sites along Jeddah coast, showing environmental impacts urbanization coast. A sediment core (220 cm) was collected from intertidal zone to evaluate heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb) geochemical indices (contamination factor, geo-accumulation index, pollution load index). In organ-ic-rich muddy sediments (0–100 cm), there a high content ...

This research (1) analyzed the content of Pb and Cd in water sediment; (2) physical chemical parameters water; (3) determined enrichment factor accumulation index sediments; (4) to identified quality based on Pollution Index (IP) STORET. The analysis was carried out using PCA (Principal Component Analysis) Pearson's correlation, conducted downstream section Musi River, Palembang, a random sampl...

The objective of this study was to investigate the concentration and spatial distribution patterns of six potentially toxic heavy metal elements (Mn, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cu and Ni) in bus station dusts in the Xifeng district of Gansu province, NW China. The contents were analyzed for Mn, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cu and Ni by using S8 TIGER Brochures wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Geoaccumula...