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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 91, Issue 12, Pages 2599-2607Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.07.023
Keywords
Multivariate statistical analysis; Geostatistical analysis; Ordinary kriging; Disjunctive kriging; Contamination risk assessment
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Funding
- National Basic Research [2008CB418104, 2007CB407307]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30840026]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [KZCX2-YW-420-5, KZCX1-YW-06-05-02]
- State Key Lab of Urban and Regional Ecology [SKLURE2008-1-04]
- Canada Research Chair
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Concentrations of As and selected metals were determined in surface soils of the Miyun Reservoir watershed of Beijing, China. The degree to which concentrations of As and metals exceeded the corresponding background concentration of soils was: Cr > Cu > Zn > As > Ni with no apparent anthropogenic contamination with Cd and Pb. Based on the results of a combination of multivariate statistics and geostatistical analysis, greater concentrations of Cr and Ni in soils were determined to be primarily from iron ore mining near where the Chaohe River enters the northeast portion of the reservoir. Agricultural activities were responsible for the observed elevated concentrations of Cu and Zn in soils. Relatively great concentrations of As were found in soils near the upstream regions of the Baihe River in Chicheng County where small gold mining activities have taken place. The greatest potential for adverse effects of Cr and Cu occurred along the eastern shore of Miyun Reservoir. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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