Analyse of Agricultural Soil Heavy Metals Pollution

Abstract:

Soil represents a decisive natural resource and economic and eco-social potential of the every country. Soil pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems. Contamination in the soil environment has a significant impact on the use of land resources and can cause high levels of exposure for people living near the site of contamination. Therefore, the risk elements soil pollution assessment is one of the most important resources for comprehensive evaluation of contaminated areas.The paper investigates the degree of heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil in selected Slovakian districts over a monitored period of time. Selected multidimensional statistical methods were applied to analyse and evaluate the degree of soil contamination.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 752-753)
• Pages: 1201-1205
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.752-753.1201
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: Ruzena Kralikova*, Miriam Andrejiová
• Keywords: Contamination, Heavy Metal, Monitoring, Multidimensional Statistical Method, Soil

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