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