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Diffusion, textural characteristics, and source identification of the heavy metals in the Karankadu mangrove sediments, South India

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Sediment core samples have been collected from the Karankadu mangrove areas in Tamil Nadu, India. To know the distribution, characteristics and source identification of the heavy metals Cd, Mn, Fe, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ni were investigated and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS). From the observed results, the sediment textural characteristics silty sand, sandy silt, sand, and silt with sand were noted. The metal concentrations distributed in the following order of decreasing: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > Ni > Pb > Cd. The analysis shows that these metals have a much higher concentration close to the coastal regions. Enrichment factor (Ef) shows that Cd and Zn were moderate to extremely polluted and the following order of decreasing Cd > Zn > Pb > Cu > Ni > Mn. Pollution load index (PLI) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo) reveal that most of the samples are highly polluted by heavy metals. Overall, the sediments of the Karankadu mangroves are moderate to highly polluted by Cd and Zn.

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  1. Department of Geology, Alagappa Government Arts College, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

    Rajmohan Sankarappan, Raja Shanmugam, Ramya Magalingam & Karthikeyan Chockalingam

  2. School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Gnanachandrasamy Gopalakrishnan

  3. Centre for Earth, Environment & Resources, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Gnanachandrasamy Gopalakrishnan

  4. Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Ramamoorthy Ayyamperumal

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Sankarappan, R., Gopalakrishnan, G., Shanmugam, R. et al. Diffusion, textural characteristics, and source identification of the heavy metals in the Karankadu mangrove sediments, South India. Arab J Geosci 14, 329 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06673-8

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