Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

Concentrations of V, Mn, Cd, Zn, Ni, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Hg and Sb were measured on 70 topsoil
samples collected from green areas and parks in the city of Palermo (Sicily) in order to:(1) …

This paper presents the results of modeling the distribution of eight critical heavy metals
(arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead and zinc) in topsoils using 1588 …

The determination of geochemical fractions of heavy metals (HM) in soils is a key issue
when studying their mobility. Therefore, we have determined the geochemical fractions and …

Accumulations of heavy metals in urban soils are highly spatial heterogeneity and affected
by multiple factors including soil properties, land use and pattern, population and climatic …

The mobilization of toxic metals in soils strongly depends on their bounding in different
geochemical fractions. However, the relations between soil properties and the vertical …

Environmental pollution from trace elements has been increasing in recent decades and has
become an important concern for environmental agencies. The trace elements arsenic …

The effect of reclamation on heavy metal concentrations and the ecological risks in ditch
wetlands (DWs) and riparian wetlands (RWs) across a 100-year chronosequence in the …

The fractionation and potential mobilization of As, Cr, Mo, and Se in four floodplain soil
profiles collected along the Nile (Egypt) and Wupper (Germany) Rivers were assessed using …

Basalt-derived agricultural soil is widely distributed around the world and is extensively used
as a medium to plant many kinds of crops. Weathering of basalt can release heavy metals …