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Heavy Metals Concentrations in Surface Soils of the Haweja Area South Western of Kirkuk, IRAQ | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 35-48 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kujss.2007.43434 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hassan A. Ali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Twenty one samples of surface soils were collected in Haweja area of Kirkuk, Iraq. From the samples analysis the following heavy metal concentration (range) were obtained (in ppm): Mn(401-722), Cu(23-42), Zn(32-62), Co(30-43), V(28-60), Ni(110-189), Cr(270-360), Zr(110-212) and Fe ( in wt %)(0.85-2.27). The results indicate that, in comparison with Kirkuk soils, surface soils in Haweja area have elevated metal concentration as a whole, except those of Cobalt and Vanadium. R-mode factor analysis reveals three elements associations and two singular elements (Co, Zr), accounting for 86.92% of the total data variance. The three associations are: Zn-Cu; Mn-Fe and V-Cr. The geoaccumulation indices show that surface soils in Haweja area are unpolluted to slightly polluted. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Heavy Metals Concentrations; Surface; Soils; the Haweja; area; South Western of Kirkuk; Iraq | ||
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