Table 2.

Linear correlation coefficient matrix for the analyzed thirteen trace elements.

	pH	As	Ba	Co	Cr	Cu	Fe	Mn	Mo	Ni	Pb	Se	Zn
pH	1
As	0.0501**	1
Ba	−0.035	−0.008	1
Co	−0.332*	−0.125	0.135	1
Cr	0.099	0.22	0.429**	0.1	1
Cu	−0.024	0.225	0.031	0.459**	0.112	1
Fe	−0.095	−0.085	0.17	0.066	0.313*	0.028	1
Mn	0.204	0.121	−0.049	0.098	0.156	−0.011	0.057	1
Mo	−0.118	−0.276*	0.046	−0.097	0.004	−0.043	−0.008	0.124	1
Ni	−0.315*	−0.087	0.062	0.968**	0.12	0.472**	0.099	0.133	−0.087	1
Pb	−0.202	−0.041	−0.169	0.121	−0.098	0.095	0.063	−0.14	0.041	0.117	1
Se	0.012	−0.147	0.043	−0.156	−0.146	−0.137	−0.069	−0.145	0.123	−0.164	0.420**	1
Zn	0.035	0.116	−0.106	0.079	0.052	0.145	0.148	0.197	0.469**	0.103	−0.07	0.143	1

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).