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Distribution, enrichment and sources of heavy metals in surface sediments of Hainan Island rivers, China

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Heavy metal concentrations in 36 samples of surface sediments from Hainan Island rivers were determined to evaluate the level of contamination in the region. Heavy metal concentrations (mg/kg) of Hainan Island rivers were in the range of 0.01–0.58 mg/kg for Hg, 0.09–0.70 mg/kg for Cd, 1.80–36.87 mg/kg for As, 15.33–69.32 mg/kg for Pb, 4.46–150.89 mg/kg for Cu, 6.64–104.95 mg/kg for Cr and 22.11–199.11 mg/kg for Zn. Contamination indices including contamination factor, enrichment factor, and geoaccumulation index, and multivariate statistical analyses indicated that Wenlan River was relatively at a considerable pollution level; Nandu, Changhua, Lingshui, Wanquan and Zhubi rivers were at a low-to-moderate pollution level; Beimen and Ningyuan rivers were at a level of relatively low pollution. Principal component analysis indicated that Cd, Pb, Cr and Zn were predominantly sourced from anthropogenic sources; whereas, Cu, As and Hg were from lithogenic sources. This study would be helpful for sustainable land use and marine management in the region.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Dongfeng Jiao and Mr. Chen for assistance in field work and Xingyan Shen and Xuebo Yin for technical help in laboratory. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41076033), Chinese Continental Shelf Deep Drilling Program (GZH201100202) and Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA11030104).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Debo Zhao, Shiming Wan & Jie Huang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Debo Zhao

  3. Laboratoire IDES, UMR 8148 CNRS, Université de Paris XI, 91405, Orsay, France

    Zhaojie Yu

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Zhao, D., Wan, S., Yu, Z. et al. Distribution, enrichment and sources of heavy metals in surface sediments of Hainan Island rivers, China. Environ Earth Sci 74, 5097–5110 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4522-4

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