Heavy metal sources in sultan marsh and its neighborhood, kayseri, turkey

Yalcin M. G., Battaloğlu R., İlhan S.

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY, cilt.53, sa.2, ss.399-415, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00254-007-0655-4
  • Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.399-415
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: heavy metals, soil contamination, cluster analysis, ANOVA, Sultan Marsh, ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE, GIS-BASED APPROACH, HONG-KONG, ROADSIDE SOILS, URBAN-GEOCHEMISTRY, STREET DUSTS, GARDEN SOILS, LEAD, CONTAMINATION, POLLUTION
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Sultan Marsh (Turkey) is one of the largest wet lands of the Middle East and Europe. The aim of this study was to determine average concentrations of heavy metals, variations of the obtained values in a large scale, geogenic and anthropogenic sources of the pollution and effects of the pollution on the environment in Sultan Marsh. To these aims, a total of 176 surface soil samples (0-10 cm depth) were collected from 80 ha land in Sultan Marsh. Using a bench-top Spectro-Xepos X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, we analyzed all samples to determine the near-total concentrations of 26 chemical elements. Basic and multivariate statistics were used for statistical analyses. GIS mapping, a powerful tool for identifying possible sources of pollutants, was used to classify and identify the elements. Relatively high concentrations of the elements Fe, Pb, Zn, Sb, W, Mo, Co, Cu, Hg, Ni, Cr, Mn and Cd were found in Sultan Marsh, surrounding rocks (geogenic sources), mines of Fe and Pb/Zn, industrial facilities, residential and agricultural areas and major traffic routes (anthropogenic sources).