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In our study, we collected 146 surface soil samples in Xiamen City and measured the concentrations of five heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Zn) and one metalloid (As). Multivariate statistics, geostatistics and Random Forest methods were applied to identify the potential sources and spatial variation of the six elements. The results revealed that As, Cr, and Ni originated mainly from industrial activities, and higher concentrations were found in developed areas. The amounts of Cu, Pb, and Zn in soils were mainly predetermined by soil parent material and agricultural activities. Besides, the atmospheric deposition rather than industrial activities substantially influenced the accumulation of Pb in the soils near the boundary between Tong’an and Quanzhou City, because there were few industries but many forests in this area. Because of the connections of the six elements with factor values of factor analysis, appropriate and accessible covariates could be used in co-kriging to increase the accuracies of interpolation of heavy metal and metalloid concentrations relative to that in ordinary kriging.
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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC0502902) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71533003).
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Huang, S., Shao, G., Wang, L. et al. Spatial Distribution and Potential Sources of Five Heavy Metals and One Metalloid in the Soils of Xiamen City, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 103, 308–315 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02639-5
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