NDLI: Assessment of the topsoil heavy metals pollution in the Sarno River basin, south Italy

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Cicchella, Domenico Giaccio, Lucia Lima, Annamaria Albanese, Stefano Cosenza, Antonio Civitillo, Diego Vivo, Benedetto
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The Sarno River basin area is one of the most polluted in Europe and it is due to the waste products of the tomato industry, the leather tanneries and the pharmaceutical industry. This area also has been densely populated and urbanized since the Middle Bronze Age, as testified by the presence of numerous archeological sites, including the ancient Pompeii town, and environmental degradation that characterizes the area is absolutely unacceptable. This paper represents a detailed study to assess the potentially harmful element content of topsoils. In total, 283 soil samples were collected and analyzed, after an aqua regia extraction, by a combination of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for 53 elements. Univariate and multivariate analyses were carried out to show the single-element geochemical distribution and the distribution of factor scores of the elemental associations resulting from R-mode factor analysis. Maps showing elements and the association factor score distributions have been obtained using GeoDAS and ArcGIS software. The assessment of the soil contamination was also carried out using the contamination factor and degree of contamination. The results obtained indicate that soil pollution has different anthropogenic sources. Specifically, Cr pollution derives from tanneries discharging wastewaters in the main water bodies of the basin while Cu contamination seems to depend on widespread agricultural practices. Tin, Pb, Hg, Zn, Cd, Sb anomalies are found mainly in urban and industrial areas, sometimes close to roads with high traffic levels while there is a substantial coincidence with background values for other elements (Co, Ni, Se, Tl and V).
Starting Page	5129
Ending Page	5143
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18666280
Journal	Environmental Earth Sciences
Volume Number	71
Issue Number	12
e-ISSN	18666299
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2013-11-12
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Heavy metals Soil pollution Geochemical mapping Environmental Italian legislation Geology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Global and Planetary Change Earth-Surface Processes Soil Science Environmental Chemistry Pollution Geology Water Science and Technology

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Surface water pathways and fluxes of metals under changing environmental conditions and human interventions in the Selenga River system

Fractionation and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil samples collected along Zerqa River, Jordan

Heavy metals pollution assessment in correlation with magnetic susceptibility in topsoils of Shanghai

Spatio-temporal dynamics of heavy metals in sediments of the river estuarine system: Mahanadi basin (India)

Geochemical characterization and heavy metal contamination of groundwater in Satluj River Basin

Heavy metals in the Ganga (Hooghly) River estuary sediment column: evaluation of association, geochemical cycling and anthropogenic enrichment

Overview of POPs and heavy metals in Liao River Basin

An integrated approach to environmental quality assessment in a coastal setting in Campania (Southern Italy)

A geochemical assessment of the middle and lower Mvoti river system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Assessment of the topsoil heavy metals pollution in the Sarno River basin, south Italy

Similar Documents

Surface water pathways and fluxes of metals under changing environmental conditions and human interventions in the Selenga River system

Fractionation and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil samples collected along Zerqa River, Jordan

Heavy metals pollution assessment in correlation with magnetic susceptibility in topsoils of Shanghai

Spatio-temporal dynamics of heavy metals in sediments of the river estuarine system: Mahanadi basin (India)

Geochemical characterization and heavy metal contamination of groundwater in Satluj River Basin

Heavy metals in the Ganga (Hooghly) River estuary sediment column: evaluation of association, geochemical cycling and anthropogenic enrichment

Overview of POPs and heavy metals in Liao River Basin

An integrated approach to environmental quality assessment in a coastal setting in Campania (Southern Italy)

A geochemical assessment of the middle and lower Mvoti river system, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Assessment of the topsoil heavy metals pollution in the Sarno River basin, south Italy