A study on the chemical composition and correlation to automobile traffic of the roadside soil of al-madina AL-Minawara city,saudi arabia
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This study was carried out to investigate the impact of traffic
activities on As, Co, Pb,V, Zn, K, Cr, Ir and Pd heavy metals ion
concentration of roadside soil of Madinah city, Saudi. Surface and 20
cm under surface soil samples from 12 different sites were collected
and analyzed. The measured concentrations of the four heavy metal
ions were correlated to the traffic density which was monitored in roads
near the sampling sites