Table 1 Soil chemical properties in the soil depth of 0–10 and 20–30 cm in contaminated, alluvial and reference sites with basic statistical characteristics.

From: Floodplain soils contamination assessment using the sequential extraction method of heavy metals from past mining activities

Depth (cm)

Site

 

pH/H2O

pH/KCl

Eh (mV)

SOC (g/kg)

HA/FA

Alo (mg/kg)

Feo (mg/kg)

Mno (mg/kg)

0–10

CS

(n = 2)

7.5

7.2

n.a.

24.30

0.57

1373.8

11,398.5

4817.9

SD

0.1

0.2

n.a.

9.30

0.02

573.4

4312.0

3708.5

Min

7.4

7.0

n.a.

15.00

0.55

800.4

7086.6

1109.4

Max

7.6

7.4

n.a.

33.60

0.58

1947.2

15,710.5

8526.3

AS

(n = 19)

6.3

5.5

351.95

23.08

0.43

1327.0

8280.2

2838.4

SD

0.6

0.8

151.80

6.84

0.07

403.9

1338.7

2774.8

Min

5.4

4.4

− 274.00

11.25

0.31

931.7

6255.8

622.0

Max

7.7

7.2

484.00

36.60

0.59

2164.2

10,933.5

10,829.5

RS

x

5.7

4.6

364.00

34.95

0.32

2625.7

2876.4

740.5

20–30

AS

(n = 12)

6.3

5.4

n.a.

16.95

0.44

1478.

10,364.3

3285.5

SD

0.8

1.0

n.a.

6.02

0.11

436.4

2733.4

3758.3

Min

5.0

4.1

n.a.

6.75

0.32

941.8

6855.4

628.8

Max

7.6

7.1

n.a.

32.25

0.68

2496.5

15,455.4

13,448.7

RS

x

5.8

4.7

n.a.

22.50

0.37

2914.4

3518.0

991.9

  1. AS alluvial site, CS contaminated site, RS reference site, o extracted by oxalate.