Table 3 Summary of studies on contamination of Mongolian urban soils with metal(loid)s (average values in mg/kg).
From: The impacts of mining on soil pollution with metal(loid)s in resource-rich Mongolia
City/Town | n | As | Cd | Cr | Cu | Hg | Ni | Pb | Zn | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baganuur | 48 | 0.87 | 13.6 | 29.6 | 51.7 | This study | ||||
Darkhan | 25* | 704** | 50.8 | 0.06 | 32 | 29.2 | 63.6 | Kosheleva et al.21 | ||
21 | 3.33 | 31.9 | 19.5 | 20.9 | 67.3 | Chonokhuu et al.37 | ||||
18*1 | 5.22 | 0.23 | 32.1 | 18.5 | 15.2 | 29.9 | 82.3 | Timofeev et al.30 | ||
Erdenet | 18* | 113 | 450 | 0.10 | 35 | 24.7 | 62.2 | Kosheleva et al.21 | ||
30 | 12.8 | 65.7 | 29.3 | 18.1 | 155 | Chonokhuu et al.37 | ||||
Nalaikh | 50 | 1.21 | 13.8 | 36.4 | 73.7 | This study | ||||
Sharyn Gol | 44 | 1.46 | 22.1 | 69.0 | 87.6 | This study | ||||
Ulaanbaatar | 22 | 14 | 0.8 | 20.3 | 35.9 | 18.7 | 63.9 | 159 | Batjargal et al.17 | |
23* | 72.6 | 56.5 | 0.19 | 30.6 | 59.4 | 105 | Kosheleva et al.21 | |||
90 | 10.8 | 0.25 | 32.7 | 22.4 | 17.0 | 45.9 | 120 | Kasimov et al.47 | ||
29 | 0.09 | Chung and Chon19 | ||||||||
10 | 39.1 | Tserenpil et al.48 | ||||||||
x*** | 10.3 | 685 | 33.0 | 113 | Naidansuren et al.49 | |||||
27 | 28.0 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 43.1 | 106 | Chonokhuu et al.37 | ||||
42 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 29.0 | 28.9 | 34.5 | 136 | Battsengel et al.45 | |||
22 | 9.41 | 0.25 | 30.0 | 20.8 | 45.1 | 116 | Bilguun et al.20 | |||
28 | 16.4 | 1987 | 53.5 | 13.6 | 33.2 | 111 | Oyunbat et al.50 | |||
Mongolian standard | 20 | 3 | 150 | 100 | 2 | 150 | 100 | 300 | MNS 5850:201934 | |
DSG target value | 29 | 0.8 | 100 | 36 | 0.3 | 35 | 85 | 140 | VROM33 | |
DSG intervention value | 55 | 12 | 380 | 190 | 10 | 210 | 530 | 720 | VROM33 | |
