1. Spatial Structure Features and Distributing Rules of Soil Heavy Metal Concentrations of Antimony Mining Area
- Author
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Bozhi Ren, Yi Zhou, Lu Jing Cheng, and Zhou Hong Tao
- Subjects
Spatial structure ,Metallurgy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Medicine ,Geostatistics ,Metal ,Antimony ,chemistry ,visual_art ,Environmental chemistry ,Smelting ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Environmental science ,Spatial variability ,Soil heavy metals ,Variogram - Abstract
The spatial structure features and distributing rules of six heavy metals of antimony mining area, Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, As, Cd and their main influence factors were researched using geostatistics combined with GIS tools. The results showed that: six kinds of heavy metal elements presented lognormal distribution. The mean of six kinds of heavy metal concentrations were higher than soil background value of Hunan province. Cd, Zn and Pb have a good correlation with each other, but the correlation between the rest elements was not obvious. The semivariogram theoretical models of six heavy metals in the study area were well fitted. The concentrations of Sb, As, Zn and Cd exhibited strong spatial autocorrelations, whereas the concentrations of Hg and Pb presented moderate spatial autocorrelations. The production activities of antimony smelter and dressing plant within the study area were the main factors for the high heavy metal concentrations of the study area.
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- 2012