Accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils of Mediterranean: Insights from Argolida basin, Peloponnese, Greece

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 221-222; pp. 82 - 90
• Main Author: Kelepertzis, Efstratios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural soils; agrochemicals; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; anthropogenic soil types; application rate; arsenic; Basins; Biological and medical sciences; Cadmium; chromium; citrus soils; cluster analysis; cobalt; Copper; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Fertilizers; fractionation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; geographic information systems; Greece; groves; Heavy metals; iron; lead; Lead (metal); mandarins; Manganese; monitoring; Multivariate analysis; nickel; olives; oranges; Pollution, environment geology; principal component analysis; risk; soil chemistry; Soils; Surficial geology; Zinc; Greece; Southern Europe; Europe; Peloponnesus Greece; MED, Greece; Greece; Agricultural soils; Multivariate analysis; Heavy metals; Fertilizers; heavy metals; pollution; multivariate analysis; principal components analysis; Chemical product; agriculture; chemical elements; Trophic chain; copper; Cultivated plant; soils; zinc; Public health; Anthropogenic factor; Plant production; nickel; accumulation; concentration; Agricultural soil; lead; Mediterranean region; statistics

Excessive application of chemical products for promoting crop growth is a significant contributor for elevated concentrations of heavy metals in agricultural soils potentially threatening human health through the food chain. In this study, a series of heavy metals were quantified in 132 agricultural...