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      Spatial distribution and vertical variation of arsenic in Guangdong soil profiles, China.

      Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
      Arsenic, analysis, China, Environmental Monitoring, methods, Humic Substances, Particle Size, Soil, Soil Pollutants

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          Total of 260 soil profiles were reported to investigate the arsenic spatial distribution and vertical variation in Guangdong province. The arsenic concentration followed an approximately lognormal distribution. The arsenic geometric mean concentration of 10.4 mg/kg is higher than that of China. An upper baseline concentration of 23.4 mg/kg was estimated for surface soils. The influence of soil properties on arsenic concentration was not important. Arsenic spatial distributions presented similar patterns that high arsenic concentration mainly located in limestone, and sandshale areas, indicating that soil arsenic distribution was dependent on bedrock properties than anthropogenic inputs. Moreover, from A- to C-horizon arsenic geometric mean concentrations had an increasing tendency of 10.4, 10.7 to 11.3 mg/kg. This vertical variation may be related to the lower soil organic matter and soil degradation and erosion. Consequently, the soil arsenic export into surface and groundwaters would reach 1040 t year-1 in the study area.

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          16563579
          10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.029

          Chemistry
          Arsenic,analysis,China,Environmental Monitoring,methods,Humic Substances,Particle Size,Soil,Soil Pollutants

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