Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment Methods: Heavy Metal Pollution

Güllü Kırat; Özlem Erdem

doi:10.5281/zenodo.13624736

Authors

Güllü Kırat Yozgat Bozok University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Geology Engineering Department https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1167-0574
Özlem Erdem Munzur University, Faculty of Engineering, Geology Engineering Department https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-3655

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13624736

Keywords:

heavy metal, pollution indeks, sediments, soils

Abstract

Considering the effects of anthropogenic activities such as industry, agriculture etc. in a region, different approaches have been developed to assess the extent of heavy metal pollution in soils and sediments. Besides evaluation methods based on total concentrations, there are also methods based on whether an element is reactive or not. These methods are; Enrichment Factors (EF); Contamination Factor (Cf); Pollution Load Index (PLI); and Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo). With this review study, Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment Methods were examined

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