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Heavy Metals Status and Distribution in Various Soils and River Sediment from Cold Desert High Altitude Microclimate

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Title Heavy Metals Status and Distribution in Various Soils and River Sediment from Cold Desert High Altitude Microclimate
 
Creator G. Charan
V.K. Bharti
A. Giri
S. Kumar
 
Subject River sediment
soil ecosystems
cold desert
high altitude
microclimate
 
Description The present study was conducted to investigate the heavy metal status and their distribution in soils and sediments in the cold desert high altitude region. For the study, grazing land, road side soil, agriculture soil, and Indus river sediment were selected; soil samples were analyzed for nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). The results revealed that in agriculture soil, the total mean concentrations of Ni, Cr, Co, Cu and As were 75.5±6.7, 19.9±0.4, 99.2±7.1, 38.8±1.2, and 8.82±1.4 ppm, respectively. Meanwhile, in grazing land, the levels of Cr, Ni, Cu, and Co were 106.0±8.5, 78.1±6.9, 28.6±2.6, 23.4±2.1 ppm, respectively. Total Ni content was found above the threshold limit in agricultural soil, whereas other metals were below the threshold limit as reported by earlier studies. Furthermore, the Ni again poses a problem in grazing land, roadside soil, and river sediments and is found within the threshold limit. The present study reported that the heavy metals are widely distributed in various soil ecosystems and sediment at cold arid high altitude and it indicates that the geological system, rocks and the parent material of this microclimate have ample amounts of heavy metals.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Soil Science
 
Date 2024-03-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JISSS/article/view/149152
 
Source Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science; Vol. 71 No. 4 (2023): Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science; 428-435
0974-0228
0019-638X
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JISSS/article/view/149152/54038