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Assessment of Heavy Metals Along a Contamination Gradient in Soils Collected from Industrial Areas in Northern Tunisia

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Many studies were interested in the assessment and the monitoring of soil contamination with heavy metals. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of emissions from the Tunisian Steel Company El Fouladh in Bizerte (Tunisia). In this context, we measured Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) soil’s concentrations from 8 sites along a contamination gradient. Besides, physicochemical parameters, pH, organic carbon, CEC, and CaCO3 were measured. Heavy metals were determined using an atomic absorption spectrometry. The results revealed a high concentration of heavy metals in the sampled soils. The contamination factor (CF) was determined to assess the soil contamination of the sampling sites, and revealed that the level of contamination varied along a contamination gradient, which may be due to the mobility of metals.

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  1. Faculty of Science of Tunis, Research Unit of Bio-Ecology and Evolutionary Systematic, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, Tunisia

    Ahmed Ouni, Chedliya Ghemari, Amina Ben Said & Karima Nasri-Ammar

  2. Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISA), Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement (LGCgE), Yncréa Hauts-de-France, 48 boulevard Vauban, 59046, Lille Cedex, France

    Christelle Pruvot & Francis Douay

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  1. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Amjad Kallel

  2. Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey

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  3. China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

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    Sanjay Kumar Shukla

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Ouni, A., Ghemari, C., Ben Said, A., Pruvot, C., Douay, F., Nasri-Ammar, K. (2019). Assessment of Heavy Metals Along a Contamination Gradient in Soils Collected from Industrial Areas in Northern Tunisia. In: Kallel, A., et al. Recent Advances in Geo-Environmental Engineering, Geomechanics and Geotechnics, and Geohazards. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01665-4_11

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