Contamination assessment of heavy metals associated with an alteration area: Demiroren Gumushane, NE Turkey

Vural A.

JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, cilt.86, sa.2, ss.215-222, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 86 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12594-015-0301-9
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.215-222
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Geochemistry, Heavy Metal Contamination, Geoaccumulation Index, Enrichment Factor, Turkey, TRACE-ELEMENTS, EASTERN PONTIDES, WASTE-WATER, SEDIMENTS, POLLUTION, PLANTS, SOILS, MINE, CD, ACCUMULATION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Soil samples collected from Demiroren Alteration area, Gumushane NE Turkey were analyzed for heavy metals by using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry and the contamination level of heavy metals was assessed on the basis of Geoaccumulation Index, Enrichment Factor, Pollution Index and Integrated Pollution Index. The results indicated that, in comparison with background value of upper crust, soil samples in Demiroren alteration area have elevated levels of metal concentrations as a whole. High Geoaccumulation Indexes and Enrichment Factors for molybdenum, lead, selenium, bismuth, cadmium and copper in alteration area indicated that there is a considerable amount of especially molybdenum, lead and copper pollution, which mainly originate from alteration in the area.