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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (05): 979-986.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.05.11

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Geochemical Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Lead in the Soils of Jiucheng—Jiemao District in Yingjiang, Yunnan

ZONG Qingxia1,2(), XIAO Gaoqiang1(), XIANG Longzhou1,2, XU Yongqiang1   

  1. 1. Yunnan Institute of Geological Survey, Kunming, Yunnan 650216,China
    2. Yunnan Planning and Design Institute of Land and Resources,Kunming,Yunnan 650216,China
  • Received:2020-02-13 Revised:2020-04-22 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-10-29
  • Contact: XIAO Gaoqiang

Abstract:

Based on 4,706 topsoil samples and 9 vertical soil profiles of Jiucheng—Jiemao district in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, the geochemical characteristics of lead in soils were studied and human health risk assessment was performed in combination with the Second National Land Survey Patch. The results showed that the average concentration of Pb in the topsoils was 43.40 mg/kg, while the background concentration of Pb was 1.55 times of that in A horizon of National Soil Survey. The ratio of the samples exceeding the national standard(GB 15618—2018) was 3.10%. A significant difference occurred in the spatial distribution of Pb in soils which was affected by both soil parent materials and anthropogenic activities. The Pb content characteristics in the residual soil profiles had more inherited the characteristics of their parent material, showing a lightly enrichment from the top layer to the deep layer. The characteristics of the Pb content in the soils developed by different parent materials were as follows: granite>slate>gneiss, metagranite>clastic rock. Obviously, the human activities were superimposed in the alluvial soil profile so that the Pb content showed an enrichment from deep to top. The possibility of human health risks caused by soil Pb in the study area was relatively small. And the soil could be utilized safely under current land pattern.

Key words: lead, soil, geochemical characteristics, soil parent material, risk assessment, Yingjiang County

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