Table 4.
Spearman correlation matrix for PTEs in agricultural soil samples of Aghili plain
| As | Cd | Co | Cr | Cu | Mn | Mo | Ni | Pb | V | Zn | Hg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | 1.000 | −.422** | .753** | .443** | .481** | .799** | .683** | .683** | .446** | .330* | .191 | −.029 |
| Cd | 1.000 | −.003 | .321* | .312* | −.062 | −.354** | .022 | .390** | .461** | .439** | .020 | |
| Co | 1.000 | .874** | .803** | .898** | .438** | .958** | .746** | .739** | .608** | −.156 | ||
| Cr | 1.000 | .891** | .772** | .180 | .868** | .815** | .906** | .803** | −.115 | |||
| Cu | 1.000 | .766** | .198 | .745** | .922** | .882** | .910** | −.142 | ||||
| Mn | 1.000 | .481** | .800** | .709** | .710** | .538** | −.118 | |||||
| Mo | 1.000 | .433** | .254 | .137 | −.012 | .031 | ||||||
| Ni | 1.000 | .675** | .660** | .555** | −.196 | |||||||
| Pb | 1.000 | .863** | .906** | −.011 | ||||||||
| V | 1.000 | .852** | −.021 | |||||||||
| Zn | 1.000 | −.066 | ||||||||||
| Hg | 1.000 |
**correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailled)
*correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailled)