Evaluation of heavy metals contamination in sediments of Shuangqiao River, Xiaoqinling gold belt, China

Author

Liu, Rui-ping ; Xu, You-ning ; Zhang, Jiang-hua ; He, Hai-ling ; Chen, Hua-qing ; A-ning Zhao ; Hai-ling He ; Qiao, Gang ; Xu, Dong-ying ; Kang, Ming-zhong

Author_Institution

Hydrol. & Environ. Dept., Xi´an Center of China Geol. Survey, Xi´an, China

Volume

3

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1782

Lastpage

1785

Abstract

The concentration and distribution of selected heavy metals in sediments of Shuangqiao River, Xiaoqinling gold belt are studied to determine the extent of anthropogenic inputs from mining activities, The analysis shows that the mean heavy-metal concentrations (mg/kg)are various : Cu(32.3-3240), Pb(51.0-218254), Zn(32.0-9000 ), Cd(0.2-90), Cr(1.4-178), As(0.8-25) and Hg(0.04-245), Pollution Load Index (PLI), Index of Geo-accumulation (Igeo) and the Enrichment Factors (EFs) for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd and Hg are high. In particular, Hg and Pb pollution is the heaviest than others; this reflects the intensity of anthropogenic inputs related to mining discharge into the area. The concentration of heavy metals reported in this paper will be useful as baselines for comparison in future sediment quality studies.

Keywords

mining; rivers; sediments; soil pollution; China; Enrichment Factors; Geoaccumulation Index; Pollution Load Index; Shuangqiao River; Xiaoqinling gold belt; anthropogenic input; heavy metals contamination; mining discharge; sediment; Copper; Indium tin oxide; Lead; Mercury (metals); Zinc; Xiaoqinling; heavy metal; pollution; sediment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-339-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893595

Filename

5893595