| Authors |
Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
Ahmed Garad
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Prof. Dr. Aybaba HANÇERLİOĞULLARI
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
|
Elif Gören
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Doç. Dr. Celalettin DURAN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
|
Muhammet Karataşlı
Beykent Üniversitesi, Turkey |
|
Aydan Altıkulaç
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Turkey |
Doç. Dr. Gamze SAVACI
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
Prof. Dr. Abdullah AYDIN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Turkey |
| Abstract |
| 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. |
| Keywords |
| Contamination factor | Enrichment factor | Geo-accumulation index | Heavy metals | Lignite-fired power plant | Pollution load index | Soil pollution |
| Article Type | Original Article |
| Article SubType | Full articles published in SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp journals |
| Journal Name | Environmental Earth Sciences |
| Journal ISSN | 1866-6280 |
| Indexes covering the journal | SCI-Expanded |
| Journal Quartile | Q2 |
| Article Language | İngilizce |
| Publication Date | 03-2020 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Number | 134 |
| Pages | 1 / 15 |
| DOI Number | 10.1007/s12665-020-8864-1 |
| Article URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-8864-1 |
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| SCOPUS | 37 |
