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Contamination Indices and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Urban Garden Soil of Busan Metropolis
Jin-Suk Kwag1*
,
Gab-Je Cho1
,
Mi-Eun Jeong1
,
Kwang-Yong Ju1
,
Bok-Joo Song1
,
Dong-Choon Ryou1
1Busan Metropolitan City Institute of Health & Environment
* Corresponding Author
30 November 2019. pp. 502-512
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Abstract

To identify the concentrations of heavy metals and to assess soil environmental quality 29 soil samples were collected from Urban area (UA) and Suburban area (SA) in Busan, Korea. An assessment was conducted using soil pollution index (SPI) and geoaccumulation (Igeo) in order to establish the concentration of heavy metal. Accumulation of heavy metals in urban vegetable soils are affected by multiple factors including soil properties and climatic conditions. The concentration of Cd, Cu, As, Hg, Pb, Cr6+, Zn, and Ni were found to be greater in soils more than the background. The geoaccumulation map revealed index of geoaccumulation (Igeo) beyond class 2 (medium pollution) for As and Ni in Suburban area (SA), whereas Hg is enriched in Urban area (UA).

Location map of the target area of the study.

Keywords
Heavy metal
Geoaccumulation (Igeo)
Soil pollution index (SPI)

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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 52
  • No :4
  • Pages :502-512
  • Received Date : 2019-10-28
  • Revised Date : 2019-11-15
  • Accepted Date : 2019-11-21
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2019.52.4.502
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