Table 1.
A selection of definitions of background and relevant term.
Table 2.
Summary of often used background values of trace metal soil concentrations (mg/kg).
Table 3.
Summary of regulatory reference values of trace metal in soil of some countries (mg/kg).
Figure 1.
Location of the study area and sampling pattern.
Table 4.
Classification of different soil contamination assessment models.
Table 5.
Descriptive statistics of metal levels (mg/kg) and selected properties (%) in soil.
Table 6.
Descriptive statistics of soil contamination indices for soil trace metal.
Figure 2.
Spatial distribution of EF of trace elements relative to Jiangxi background in soil of the study area.
Figure 3.
Spatial distribution of Igeo of trace elements in soil of the study area.
Figure 4.
Spatial distribution of PI of trace elements in soil of the study area.
Table 7.
Total variance explained and rotated component matrix (three principal components selected) for heavy metal contents.
Figure 5.
Spatial distribution map of PC scores.