Research Article
Trace Element Soil Quality Status of Mt. Cameroon Soils
Table 1
Physicochemical and trace element concentration of soils in the study area.
| Site | Depth | O.M | pH | CEC | Sand | Silt | Clay | Cu | Co | Cr | Ni | Zn | Pb | V | cm | % | % | ppm |
| MUT | 0–29 | 4.7 | 5.62 | 18.9 | 14 | 53 | 33 | 57.8 | 102 | 400 | 46.5 | 156.9 | 39 | 654 | 29–76 | 2.05 | 5.15 | 17.9 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 46.2 | 51.6 | 200 | 39.4 | 101.7 | 18 | 584 |
| BUA | 0–33 | 5.19 | 5.58 | 20.6 | 5 | 51 | 44 | 142.1 | 109 | 700 | 106 | 160.1 | 13 | 561 | 33–186 | 1.29 | 5.74 | 21.2 | 5 | 38 | 57 | 94.8 | 97.3 | 800 | 114 | 95.9 | 8.1 | 459 |
| LBE | 0–20 | 1.36 | 5.42 | 31 | 5 | 74 | 21 | 68 | 59.1 | 100 | 43.1 | 129.9 | 8.6 | 435 | 20–70 | 0.16 | 5.2 | 22.6 | 19 | 56 | 25 | 63.9 | 51.3 | 100 | 48.3 | 136.9 | 6.1 | 477 |
| EKA | 0–170 | 2.36 | 4.93 | 16.2 | 5 | 35 | 60 | 68.1 | 98.5 | 600 | 48.3 | 90.2 | 9.9 | 530 |
| BAK | 0–10 | 14.7 | 5.12 | 38.5 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 145.3 | 94.9 | 800 | 177 | 178.3 | 19 | 487 | 10–70 | 3.5 | 6.12 | 22.6 | 2 | 68 | 30 | 151.4 | 123 | 1100 | 192 | 170 | 16 | 633 |
| BOR | 0–21 | 6.23 | 3.88 | 20.4 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 136.5 | 67.7 | 200 | 83.6 | 151.1 | 15 | 418 | 21–77 | 7.91 | 3.98 | 20.3 | 26 | 55 | 19 | 138.9 | 76.7 | 300 | 88.2 | 168.5 | 17 | 458 |
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