Table 3 Principal component analysis results of PTEs of oasis agricultural soil in the source region of the Tarim River.

From: Source apportionment and source-specific risk evaluation of potential toxic elements in oasis agricultural soils of Tarim River Basin

PTEs

Yarkant River Oasis

Kashgar Oasis

Aksu Oasis

Hotan Oasis

F1 (61.6%)

F2 (21.8%)

F1 (58.9%)

F2 (24.8%)

F3 (7.9%)

F1 (52.7%)

F2 (22.3%)

F3 (11.5%)

F1 (85.2%)

As

0.441

0.746

0.830

0.347

0.177

0.527

0.447

0.515

0.825

Cd

0.764

0.091

0.347

− 0.714

0.573

0.592

− 0.354

− 0.219

0.761

Co

0.949

− 0.269

0.938

− 0.234

− 0.198

0.938

− 0.017

− 0.310

0.961

Cu

0.915

− 0.346

0.929

− 0.313

− 0.070

0.920

− 0.330

− 0.002

0.989

Ni

0.587

− 0.632

0.665

− 0.533

− 0.444

0.871

− 0.241

− 0.341

0.967

Pb

0.725

0.606

0.823

0.335

0.386

0.728

0.504

− 0.244

0.925

Sb

0.929

0.054

0.873

0.265

0.031

0.702

− 0.115

0.647

0.963

Sn

0.459

0.790

0.526

0.786

− 0.152

0.245

0.923

0.144

0.892

Tl

0.785

0.285

0.585

0.797

0.021

0.438

0.843

− 0.238

0.960

V

0.939

− 0.305

0.889

− 0.300

− 0.252

0.937

− 0.146

− 0.076

0.922

Zn

0.902

− 0.270

0.800

− 0.369

0.184

0.729

− 0.331

0.427

0.963