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. 2019 Jun 6;17(2):657–669. doi: 10.1007/s40201-019-00379-6

Table 1.

Elemental concentrations in the agricultural soil of Aghili plain

Statistic As Cd Co Cr Cu Mn Mo Ni Pb V Zn Hg Ref
Minimum (mg/kg) 0.08 0.20 2.60 16.00 7.70 176.00 0.37 23.90 2.40 18.00 13.00 0.01
Maximum (mg/kg) 6.20 0.54 12.10 60.00 34.40 468.00 2.72 87.10 10.50 45.00 68.00 0.03
1st Quartile (mg/kg) 1.60 0.27 6.63 35.00 15.80 308.25 0.75 49.23 5.00 31.00 36.00 0.01
Median (mg/kg) 2.90 0.29 8.10 39.00 17.75 345.00 0.97 58.35 5.90 34.00 42.00 0.01
3rd Quartile (mg/kg) 3.65 0.33 9.78 44.00 20.28 401.00 1.18 67.50 6.95 37.00 49.00 0.02
Mean (mg/kg) 2.77 0.30 8.09 39.57 18.39 348.13 1.01 58.66 6.12 33.63 43.09 0.01
Variance 2.08 0.00 3.76 55.38 20.20 3412.42 0.18 179.18 2.42 20.92 104.24 0.00
Standard deviation 1.44 0.06 1.94 7.44 4.49 58.42 0.43 13.39 1.56 4.57 10.21 0.01
Skewness 0.18 1.49 −0.14 −0.27 1.44 −0.28 1.49 0.02 0.86 −0.56 0.21 1.36
Kurtosis −0.70 4.52 −0.17 1.17 4.21 0.00 3.79 −0.26 1.19 1.48 0.95 0.87
CV (%) 52.14 19.66 23.96 18.80 24.44 16.78 42.26 22.82 25.42 13.60 23.69 49.60
Background 4.7 1.1 6.9 42 14 418 1.8 18 25 60 62 0.1 [41]

*: Coefficients of variation

Note: The sample size: 54