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Ecological assessment of heavy metals in soil around a coal-fired thermal power plant in Turkey   
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ahmet Amk Garad
Prof. Dr. Aybaba HANÇERLİOĞULLARI Prof. Dr. Aybaba HANÇERLİOĞULLARI
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Cellatin Duran
Elif Gören
Doç. Dr. Gamze SAVACI SELAMET Doç. Dr. Gamze SAVACI SELAMET
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Muhammet Karataşlı
Aydan Altıkulaç
Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
In this study, heavy metal concentrations in agricultural surface soil (0–5 cm) samples collected from the area around the Kangal lignite-fired thermal power plant were determined using energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Also, the pH values of agricultural soil samples were measured to assess the level of acidification. Geo-accumulation index (Igeo), enrichment factor (EF), contamination factor (CF), contamination degree (CD), modified contamination degree (mCD), and pollution load index (IPL) were estimated to assess the heavy metals pollution in soil samples. The average concentration of Fe, Ti, Mn, Cr, Ni, Zn, Zr, Co, Cu, Pb, As, Sn and Hg was found as 39,065 ± 5096, 2262 ± 738, 721 ± 119, 713 ± 236, 610 ± 199, 82 ± 37, 65 ± 26, 64 ± 19, 29 ± 3, 17 ± 7, 9 ± 7, 3 ± 1 and 2 ± 1 mg kg−1, respectively. The values of pH varied from 7.5 to 8.2 with an average value of 8.0 (moderately alkaline). The Igeo, EF and CF results reveal that the study area is heavily or very highly contaminated with Cr, Ni, and Hg. On the basis of the IPL value, the soil samples are polluted with heavy metals. However, the mCD indicates moderate heavy-metal contamination of the soil samples.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Contamination factor | Enrichment factor | Geo-accumulation index | Heavy metals | Lignite-fired power plant | Pollution load index | Soil pollution
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Environmental Earth Sciences
Dergi ISSN 1866-6280
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2020
Cilt No 79
Sayı 6
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s12665-020-8864-1