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Indices of soil contamination by heavy metals – methodology of calculation for pollution assessment (minireview)

DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H.; PAVLOVSKÝ, J.

Original Title

Indices of soil contamination by heavy metals – methodology of calculation for pollution assessment (minireview)

English Title

Indices of soil contamination by heavy metals – methodology of calculation for pollution assessment (minireview)

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

This article provides the assessment of heavy metal soil pollution with using the calculation of various pollution indices and contains also summarization of the sources of heavy metal soil pollution. Twenty described indices of the assessment of soil pollution consist of two groups: single indices and total complex indices of pollution or contamination with relevant classes of pollution. This minireview provides also the classification of pollution indices in terms of the complex assessment of soil quality. In addition, based on the comparison of metal concentrations in soil-selected sites of the world and used indices of pollution or contamination in soils, the concentration of heavy metal in contaminated soils varied widely, and pollution indices confirmed the significant contribution of soil pollution from anthropogenic activities mainly in urban and industrial areas.

English abstract

This article provides the assessment of heavy metal soil pollution with using the calculation of various pollution indices and contains also summarization of the sources of heavy metal soil pollution. Twenty described indices of the assessment of soil pollution consist of two groups: single indices and total complex indices of pollution or contamination with relevant classes of pollution. This minireview provides also the classification of pollution indices in terms of the complex assessment of soil quality. In addition, based on the comparison of metal concentrations in soil-selected sites of the world and used indices of pollution or contamination in soils, the concentration of heavy metal in contaminated soils varied widely, and pollution indices confirmed the significant contribution of soil pollution from anthropogenic activities mainly in urban and industrial areas.

Keywords

Heavy metals Soils Sources of pollution Single indices Total complex indices

Key words in English

Heavy metals Soils Sources of pollution Single indices Total complex indices

Authors

DOLEŽALOVÁ WEISSMANNOVÁ, H.; PAVLOVSKÝ, J.

RIV year

2018

Released

07.11.2017

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Location

NL

ISBN

1573-2959

Periodical

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Volume

189

Number

12

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

17

Pages to

25

Pages count

9

BibTex

@article{BUT143370,
  author="Helena {Doležalová Weissmannová} and Jiří {Pavlovský}",
  title="Indices of soil contamination by heavy metals – methodology of calculation for pollution assessment (minireview)",
  journal="ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT",
  year="2017",
  volume="189",
  number="12",
  pages="17--25",
  doi="10.1007/s10661-017-6340-5",
  issn="0167-6369"
}