Source Apportionment of Soil Heavy Metals in Jiapigou Goldmine Based on the UNMIX Model
The paper determines 16 kinds of metal elements' concentration in soil samples which collected in Jipigou goldmine upper the Songhua River. The UNMIX Model which was recommended by US EPA to get the source apportionment results was applied in this study, Cd, Hg, Pb and Ag concentration contour maps were generated by using Kriging interpolation method to verify the results. The main conclusions of this study are:①the concentrations of Cd, Hg, Pb and Ag exceeded Jilin Province soil background values and enriched obviously in soil samples;②using the UNMIX Model resolved four pollution sources:source 1 represents human activities of transportation, ore mining and garbage, and the source 1‘s contribution is 39. 1℅; Source 2 represents the contribution of the weathering of rocks and biological effects, and the source 2‘s contribution is 13. 87℅;Source 3 is a comprehensive source of soil parent material and chemical fertilizer, and the source 3‘s contribution is 23. 93℅; Source 4 represents iron ore mining and transportation sources, and the source 4‘s contribution is 22. 89℅. ③the UNMIX Model results are in accordance with the survey of local land-use types, human activities and Cd, Hg and Pb content distributions.
UNMIX Modelsoil heavy metalsource apportionmentKriging interpolationJipigou goldmine