[1]MA Qianhong,ZHANG Guanghui,GENG Ren,et al.Soil Heavy Metal Spatial Distribution and Pollution Assessment of Sloping Farmland in the Water Erosion Zone of China[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2017,24(02):112-118.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
24
Number of periods:
2017 02
Page number:
112-118
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Public date:
2017-04-28
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Soil Heavy Metal Spatial Distribution and Pollution Assessment of Sloping Farmland in the Water Erosion Zone of China
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MA Qianhong1,2, ZHANG Guanghui1,2, GENG Ren1,2, WANG Bing3
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1. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Process and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
2. Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Keywords:
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heavy metal pollution; single factor pollution index; Nemerow pollution index; sloping farmland; the water erosion zone of China
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X825
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- Abstract:
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Soil heavy metal pollution has become an important factor which threatens the national food security. To investigate the spatial distribution of soil heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) and pollution situations of sloping farmland in the water erosion zone of China, 36 sampling points were selected according to soil types and soil textures. The single factor pollution index and the Nemerow pollution index were calculated, and the pollution degree was classified according to the second grade values from the Standard of Soil Environment Quality (GB15618—2008). The results showed that:(1) the pollution probability of Cd was 13.9%, which significantly exceeded the pollution levels of other heavy metals, so Cd was the most important soil heavy metal pollution factor in this region; in addition, As, Cr and Cu had a high pollution probability, and the rate was 5.6%; (2) compared with the north area of the Yangtze River, soil heavy metal pollution of the sloping farmland in the south area was significantly serious; the soil heavy metal pollution of southern mountain and hill region was the most serious among the six secondary erosion regions,followed by the Sichuan Basin and surrounding hill region, the Yunnan—Guizhou Plateau region, the northeast low mountain and rolling hill region, the Loess Plateau region, and the northern mountain and hill region; (3) compared with other sampling points, Ningyuan of Hu’nan Province and Zhanjiang of Guangdong Province had the highest Nermerow indices(2.73 and 2.51),which belonged to the moderate pollution level; (4) the proportions of pollution degrees ranked as safety, warning line, light pollution, moderate pollution were 77.8%, 8.3%, 8.3% and 5.6% of the total area of sloping farmland, respectively. The proportions showed that most sloping farmland (about 86.1%) in the water erosion zone of China was relatively safe, but about 13.9% of sloping farmlands might suffer from heavy metal pollution. These results had great significance for identifying soil heavy metal pollution situation of sloping farmland, protecting agroecological environment and ensuring the food security in the water erosion zone of China.