Trace Element Soil Quality Status of Mt. Cameroon Soils

Table 2

Trace metal concentration in Mt. Cameroon soils compared to mean values for soils worldwide, ICRCL (UK) soil “trigger” concentrations (ppm).

Element	Av. soil conc.^a	ICRCL (UK) soil “trigger”^b	Soil conc. Mt. Cameroon^c
Cu	24	50	46–145
Co	30	Na	67–101
Cr	67	1000	100–800
Ni	24	70	39–203
Zn	67	300	68–178
Pb	29	2000	5.3–39
V	100	—	418–654

(i) Kabata-Pendias and Pendias [24].
(ii) ^bInterdepartmental Committee on the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land [10].
(iii) ^cSurface soil concentration.