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