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Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metal Contamination in Road Dust Samples from an Urban Environment in Samsun, Türkiye        
Yazarlar
Şeyma Nur İstanbullu
Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR Doç. Dr. Kaan IŞINKARALAR
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Öznur IŞINKARALAR Doç. Dr. Öznur IŞINKARALAR
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Road dust is an environmental pollution indicator created by human activities for urban land use. This study aimed to determine the spatial distribution pattern and degree of trace metals in road dust samples collected from 5 different areas in Samsun city center. The trace metals of Mn, Co, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn are the most examined contaminants in road dust because their hot-spot areas were mainly associated with high traffic density. Factors governing potential contamination index range values of Co, Cr, and Ni were 0.34–0.62, 0.23–0.78, and 0.24–0.48 as the lowest contamination. However, potential contamination index values of Cu, Pb, and Zn in the main road site were 1.80, 2.32, and 2.84 suggesting that relatively high values were uncontaminated to moderately. Pollution assessment methods were applied to toxic metals and revealed that Samsun city had been affected as uncontaminated to moderately contaminated by anthropogenic emission of heavy metals.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Air pollution | Digital mapping | Ecological risk index | LULC, Urban modeling
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
Dergi ISSN 0007-4861
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 04-2023
Cilt No 110
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 78 / 0
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s00128-023-03720-w
Makale Linki https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-023-03720-w