Spatial Distribution and Source Apportionment of Heavy Metals in Soils of Gebeng Industrial City, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nasly, Mohamed Ali, Hossain, Mohamed Amjed, Islam, Mir Sujaul
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8058/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3398-z

Heavy metal concentrations were examined in 30 soil samples from Gebeng industrial city, Malaysia using inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry for As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, and direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80) for Hg. Multivariate statistical techniques including hierarchical...