soil contamination significantly reduces environmental quality and affects human health. to investigate and assess the effects of land use on the concentrations of some heavy metals in surface soils of golestan province, 227 soil samples (0-60 cm) were collected from three types of land uses including agricultural lands, natural, and industrial areas. the total metals and metalloids (cr, se, as...

concentrations of elements (as, co, cu, ni, mo, pb, v, cd, cr and zn) are studied in the surface sediments of bakhtegan lake, northwest of nyriz city, iran, to assess metal contamination. the average abundance order of trace elements content in bakhtegan lake sediments is cr>ni> v> zn> cu> co> as> pb> mo>cd. the comparison of trace elements concentration in bakhtegan lake sediments with toxicol...

This paper is an overview of the status in geo-environment research in the past, the present and the future in Japan as witnessed by the publications in ``Soils and Foundations'' over the years. The authors have paid special attention to the geotechnical researches concerning technologies of waste disposal, including radioactive waste disposal, the reuse and recycle of by-product and waste, the...

oil and pollutants resulting from its extraction and exploitation are considered as one of the serious problems for human health. vast oil fields of ahvaz city located in southern iran are known as one of controversial subjects in contamination with heavy metals. in this study, oil fields' soils of ahvaz city (ab-teymour) were chemically analyzed in order to determine the concentration of eight...

the concentration of selected trace metals (fe, cd, cu, pb, and zn) in 30surface sediments were measured using atomic absorption spectrometer to investigatethe spatial and seasonal variations of trace metals along kanyakumari coast, india. toassess the environmental risk of trace metals, enrichment factor, geo-accumulation index,pollution load index, and ecological risk index have been calculat...