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ArticleToxics2021

Assessment of Metals Concentrations in Soils of Abu Dhabi Emirate Using Pollution Indices and Multivariate Statistics.

Yousef Nazzal, Alina Bărbulescu, Fares Howari, Ahmed A Al-Taani, Jibran Iqbal, Cijo M Xavier, Manish Sharma, Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

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Article in Toxics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Yousef NazzalCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-8092-5868
Alina BărbulescuDepartment of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, 5 Turnului Str., 900152 Brașov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9840-2443
Fares HowariCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-8655-5810
Ahmed A Al-TaaniCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-3571-9168
Jibran IqbalCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-0140-2661
Cijo M XavierCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.
Manish SharmaCollege of Natural Health and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 144534, United Arab Emirates.
Cristian Ștefan DumitriuSC. Utilnavorep SA, 55 Aurel Vlaicu Bd., 900055 Constanța, Romania.

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Zayed University R 17041
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Abstract

The aim of this study was twofold. Firstly, we performed a land capability class determination of the agricultural soils from the Abu Dhabi Emirate, the United Arab Emirates, based on the concentrations of 17 chemical elements determined in the soil samples collected from 84 locations. Secondly, we assess the soil pollution with different metals, using several pollution indices. The results of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) shows that four principal components (PCs) are responsible for describing the total metals concentrations' variance, the highest contribution on PC1 being that of Mn, and Cr, on PC2 that of Fe, on PC3 that of Cu, and on PC4 that of Al. After determining the optimal number of clusters, we classified the sites into three clusters, while the studied metals were grouped function on their concentrations. Then, we used five indices to assess the pollution level of the soil at the study sites and in the clusters. The geo-accumulation index (I

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