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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (01): 88-96.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.01.08

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Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Soil Cadmium Content in Jieyang of Guangdong Province

WANG Juanheng1,2(), WEN Hanhui3, CAI Limei1,2,4(), LUO Jie1, WANG Shuo1,2, WANG Qiushuang1,2, MU Guizhen1, JIANG Huihao1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources(Yangtze University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan,Hubei 430100, China
    2. College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
    3. No.940 Branch of Geology Bureau for Nonferrous Metals of Guangdong Province,Qingyuan,Guangdong 511500, China
    4. Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny,Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou,Guangdong 510640, China
  • Received:2019-03-21 Revised:2019-09-02 Online:2020-03-05 Published:2020-03-07
  • Contact: CAI Limei

Abstract:

In this paper, 1,330 topsoil (0-20 cm) samples and 331 deep soil (150-200 cm) samples were collected from Jieyang, Guangdong, China. The enrichment characteristics, spatial distribution, structural characteristics and influencing factors of soil cadmium content in the study area were systematically analyzed by the methods of enrichment factor, GIS spatial analysis, semi-variogram fitting and analysis of variance. The results showed that the average cadmium content in the topsoil was 0.09 mg/kg, which was higher than the soil background value of the area, but lower than “Soil Environmental Quality Risk Control Standard for Farmland Soils (Trial)(GB 15618-2018)”. According to the enrichment factor method, the cadmium content in topsoil of the study area was mainly slightly and moderately polluted. From the structural characteristics, the cadmium content in the topsoil of the study area was moderately spatially correlated. The high value areas of cadmium in topsoil of Jieyang City were mainly distributed in the eastern and southern areas where human activities were intensive. Land use types, soil parent materials and soil types were important factors affecting cadmium content in surface soil. Under different land use types, the cadmium content in construction land was the highest; In different parent materials, the cadmium content in the Quaternary sediments was significantly higher than other parent materials; In different soil types, the cadmium content in paddy soil was relatively high.

Key words: soil cadmium, spatial distribution, influencing factor, Jieyang city, Guangdong

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