ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Source Identification and Spatial Variation
Analysis of Potentially Hazardous Elements
in Topsoil Based on Multi-Source Data
in Longkou City, China
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College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences
and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, China
Submission date: 2021-04-21
Final revision date: 2021-06-14
Acceptance date: 2021-07-02
Online publication date: 2021-11-24
Publication date: 2022-01-28
Corresponding author
Jianmin Qiao
College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(1):947-957
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ABSTRACT
This study identified the sources and analyzed the spatial variation of potentially hazardous elements
(Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, and Hg) using land use, soil parent material, slope and elevation, combined
with geostatistics and multi-source statistics in Longkou city, China. The results showed that Cr, Ni, and
As were mainly controlled by natural factors such as granite and elevation, and high-concentration areas
were mainly in the northeast and south of the study area. Higher Hg levels were derived from mixed
sources, including industrial and transportation activities in the central urban area. Cd was mainly
controlled by mixed sources, and its spatial variation was affected by elevation, industrial activities, and
granite. Pb came from mixed sources, and its spatial variation was influenced by smelting and gilding
industries and alluvial sediments. Cu originated from artificial sources and was affected by industrial
and agricultural activities; it was mainly distributed in mining areas in the northwest and orchards in
the southeast of the study area. Zn came from mixed sources, and its spatial variation was affected by
industry, agriculture, and alluvial sediments; high concentrations were mainly found in mining areas in
the northwest and orchards and farmland in the south.