Table 5 The enrichment factor levels of sediments in the study area.

From: Heavy metal concentrations and pollution indicators in the Ennore ecosystem, east coast of Tamilnadu, India using atomic absorption spectrometry study with statistical approach

S. No.

Sample ID

Mg

Si

K

Ca

Ti

Fe

V

Cr

Mn

Co

Ni

Cu

Zn

As

Cd

Ba

La

Pb

1

S1

0.73

2.74

0.67

5.62

8.98

2.49

11.56

4.95

3.24

2.83

2.63

0.13

2.74

1.81

52.41

1.10

1.14

3.11

2

S2

0.95

1.55

0.55

3.81

11.96

2.51

10.38

4.84

2.89

2.71

1.93

0.21

2.15

1.72

16.81

0.67

1.42

3.25

3

S3

0.23

2.7

0.47

2.65

2.15

1.12

4.69

3.06

1.18

1.42

1.10

0.11

1.31

1.21

34.10

1.61

0.71

1.53

4

S4

0.74

3.45

1.43

6.27

6.34

2.14

6.50

6.24

2.19

1.54

4.01

0.00

2.38

1.90

75.14

2.58

0.67

2.35

5

S5

0.19

2.3

1.04

3.2

0.56

0.62

1.52

1.68

0.64

1.82

1.89

0.18

0.87

0.94

22.44

1.76

0.07

1.58

6

S6

0.48

2.86

1.44

2.59

0.78

0.56

1.02

1.29

0.61

0.31

1.52

0.18

1.59

1.61

22.29

2.59

0.00

0.81

7

S7

0.54

2.7

1.11

2.22

1.54

0.80

1.95

3.19

0.79

1.52

1.84

0.17

1.15

1.44

48.08

2.05

0.16

1.43

8

S8

0.66

1.44

0.45

3.19

2.43

1.11

3.23

3.42

0.44

1.26

1.65

0.00

1.23

0.92

48.20

1.34

0.55

0.81

9

S9

1.06

1.78

0.79

2.22

6.69

1.85

7.65

5.91

0.43

1.45

2.20

0.19

1.70

1.71

30.85

1.29

0.31

1.34

10

B1

0.28

3.02

1.37

2.89

2.22

0.95

4.16

2.23

1.03

1.99

1.78

0.10

1.38

1.63

64.10

2.22

0.00

0.74

11

B2

0.43

5.71

1.83

3.84

4.00

1.36

4.26

2.56

1.54

2.07

1.96

0.38

1.69

1.96

72.02

3.80

2.13

0.67

12

B4

0.59

3.22

0.78

2.3

49.37

5.43

35.89

10.30

6.38

5.18

2.50

0.10

4.23

3.16

41.27

1.36

9.70

6.38

13

B5

0.29

3.2

1.13

1.05

1.45

0.33

1.11

1.41

0.36

1.27

1.68

0.00

0.51

1.51

41.56

2.88

0.00

0.38

14

B6

0.66

2.21

1.13

1.75

0.99

0.64

1.22

1.30

0.59

0.66

0.93

0.00

0.82

1.07

138.18

2.14

0.00

0.25

15

B7

0.79

2.51

1.15

6.69

17.51

2.79

13.44

8.73

5.40

6.26

4.58

0.25

3.96

1.46

78.96

1.96

2.88

4.86

16

B8

0.3

4.14

0.86

6.46

12.84

3.57

12.36

6.53

4.48

4.88

3.77

0.19

3.29

2.39

16.90

1.29

1.60

5.03

17

B9

0.48

3.33

0.67

5.07

16.53

3.45

15.34

6.71

4.17

4.02

2.54

0.30

3.00

2.68

15.46

1.25

2.02

2.87

18

C1

0.13

5.1

1.8

1.94

0.79

0.51

1.70

0.87

0.53

0.81

1.90

0.00

0.85

2.32

49.75

4.22

0.00

0.00

19

C2

0.36

3.23

1.37

2.17

1.22

0.54

1.28

1.17

0.59

0.76

1.34

0.20

0.89

1.22

130.20

2.00

0.00

0.51

20

C4

1.14

1.69

0.56

3.77

9.35

2.18

7.30

6.07

2.43

1.87

1.80

0.06

1.84

0.90

35.51

0.98

1.27

2.47

21

C5

0.64

1.59

0.58

4.32

8.54

2.34

7.84

4.12

2.75

2.03

2.23

0.13

2.22

0.40

15.41

0.73

0.93

2.16

22

C9

0.78

1.29

0.42

3.2

9.73

2.00

8.28

4.13

2.33

1.78

1.46

0.17

1.53

1.05

18.10

0.61

1.28

2.42

23

C10

0.23

2.16

0.93

3

2.75

1.07

2.80

2.42

1.09

1.59

1.92

0.16

1.25

1.16

59.09

1.59

0.85

1.57

24

C11

0.5

2.14

1

3.38

3.73

1.26

5.19

2.71

1.38

1.48

2.09

0.30

1.37

1.21

49.21

1.70

0.36

1.24

25

C12

0.2

2.42

1.13

2.6

0.76

0.65

1.32

1.83

0.63

0.45

1.86

0.00

0.85

1.52

25.24

1.82

0.00

1.14

26

C13

0.46

2.67

1.32

2.92

0.67

0.55

1.19

1.28

0.54

0.75

1.74

0.13

1.58

1.79

19.27

2.43

0.10

1.25

Average

0.53

2.74

1.00

3.43

7.07

1.65

6.66

3.81

1.87

2.03

2.11

0.14

1.78

1.56

46.94

1.84

1.08

1.93