Pollution and contamination assessment of heavy metals in the sediments of Jazmurian playa in southeast Iran.

ABSTRACT: Jazmurian playa was an ephemeral lake with a large catchment in southeast Iran, which dried up over the last 10 years as a result of prolonged drought. As the lake was recipient of incoming industrial water with trace metals deposited to the sediment, the dust is the cause of environmental concern of the region and requires evaluation and better management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental and ecological pollution of Jazmurian playa. Hence, 24 collected surface sedimentary samples were analyzed with ICP-OES. The environmental pollution indices including degree of contamination (Cd), geoaccumulation index (Igeo), enrichment factor (EF), pollution load index (PLI) and potential ecological risk (PER) were determined. The study revealed moderately to strongly pollution l

SUBMITTER: Shirani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075869 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature