ArticleScientific reports2024
Spatial distribution characteristics of soil heavy metals in Sabao Chaqu watershed of Tuotuo river, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on geographic detector.
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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau belongs to the area of extremely fragile environment and sensitive to human activities. In recent years, more and more human interference has been detected in this area. In this study, 128 surface soil samples were collected from the Sabao Chaqu watershed of the Tuotuo river at the source of the Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The soil pollution status and spatial distribution characteristics of Cd, Hg, As, Cu, Pb, Cr, Zn and Ni were evaluated by soil accumulation index, enrichment factor, pollution index and geographical detector. The results showed that the average contents of As, Cd, Pb and Zn in the study area were 1.2-3.64 times higher than soil background values of Tibet, while the contents of Hg, Cr, Cu and Ni were lower than the background values, while the average content of As was higher than the soil pollution risk screening value (GB15618-2018), and the pollution index showed that As was in a low pollution state, while the other 7 heavy metals were in a safe state. There were significant differences in the spatial distribution of 8 heavy metals and there was a significant correlation with soil properties and distance factors. Factor detection showed that natural factors had the strongest explanatory power to the contents of As, Cd, Cr, Cu and Ni, distance from the lake and soil Sc content had the strongest explanatory power to Hg content, and anthropogenic factors had the strongest explanatory power to Pb content. Interaction detection revealed that the q values of the strongest interaction explanatory power for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn were 2.81, 4.30, 1.26, 2.47, 2.33, 1.59, 6.37, and 5.08 times higher than their strongest factor detection explanatory power, respectively. The interaction between anthropogenic factors and other factors has an important influence on the spatial differentiation of heavy metals in the study area. Risk detection showed that the average contents of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn were the highest in the subregions of MgO, TS, Sc, X
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