Table 6.

Pearson correlation among selected REEs, Y and pH in soils of the study area (N = 70).

	La	Ce	Pr	Nd	Sm	Eu	Gd	Tb	Dy	Ho	Er	Tm	Yb	Lu	Y	pH
La	1
Ce	0.873 0.873	1
Pr	0.889	0.737	1
Nd	0.820	0.770	0.954	1
Smm	0.723	0.625	0.923	0.944	1
Eu	0.717	0.597	0.905	0.913	0.926	1
Gd	0.716	0.677	0.885	0.937	0.918	0.905	1
Tb	0.615	0.588	0.812	0.884	0.903	0.875	0.929	1
Dy	0.618	0.547	0.821	0.862	0.885	0.886	0.916	0.917	1
Ho	0.536	0.489	0.750	0.810	0.834	0.848	0.877	0.879	0.951	1
Er	0.529	0.514	0.715	0.784	0.809	0.786	0.860	0.858	0.935	0.935	1
Tm	0.430	0.387	0.643	0.685	0.744	0.731	0.791	0.789	0.873	0.890	0.896	1
Yb	0.493	0.449	0.687	0.723	0.786	0.771	0.789	0.824	0.880	0.845	0.891	0.864	1
Lu	0.374	0.407	0.551	0.629	0.657	0.628	0.716	0.759	0.773	0.794	0.805	0.790	0.790	1
Y	0.571	0.494	0.761	0.806	0.840	0.855	0.889	0.884	0.955	0.957	0.939	0.901	0.887	0.823	1
pH	0.211	0.238	0.282	0.374	0.413	0.403	0.520	0.490	0.542	0.563	0.608	0.598	0.506	0.533	0.640	1