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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (01): 95-104.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.01.09

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Geochemical Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soils in Miyun District of Beijing

DUAN Xuchuan1(), LI Ping2, HUANG Yong3, LIN Yun2, YUAN Guoli2(), LUO Xianrong1   

  1. 1. Department of Earth Sciences, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin,Guangxi 541006, China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    3. Beijing Institute of Geo-Exploration Technology, Beijing 102218, China
  • Received:2017-07-12 Revised:2017-11-19 Online:2018-02-10 Published:2018-02-05

Abstract:

One thousand and sixty-five surface soil samples were systematically collected at the agricultural area in the southwest of Miyun District of Beijing,and the concentration of 8 heavy metals in the samples were analyzed, such as Ni,V,Cr,As, Cd, Pb, Zn and Hg. By the methods of multivariate statistical analysis and spatial analysis, the geochemical distributions of 8 heavy metals were stated and the main sources for them were also determined. The results show that 8 heavy metals can be classified into three groups. The first group includes Ni, V, Cr and As.The mean concentration of them was found being lower than the background values in Beijing, and the spatial distribution of them was determined being dominantly influenced by the soil parent materials. The second group includes Cd, Pb and Zn. The mean concentration of them generally exceeded the background value in Beijing, and highest values were observed in the residential area. Besides of the origination from the soil parent materials, the spatial distribution of them was determined being greatly influenced by the human activities, in which Cd underwent greater influence than Pb and Zn. The third group only includes Hg,and atmospheric deposition was proposed to be the main influence factor for its distribution. Ecological risks of 8 heavy metals were mainly assessed by Hakanson method, and the indexes of the potential ecological risk for them are relatively low in the study area.

Key words: agricultural soil, heavy metal, geochemical characteristic, ecological risk assessment, Beijing, Miyun District

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