Research Article

Characteristics of Heavy Metals and Pb Isotopic Composition in Sediments Collected from the Tributaries in Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Table 5

The Geoaccumulation Index and classification of heavy metals in sediments from TGR tributaries.

Sampling site value/classification
CrCuZnNiAsPbCdHg

S1−0.29/00.25/1−0.14/00.08/1−0.31/0−0.13/01.70/20.39/1
S2−0.47/0−0.23/01.10/2−0.04/0−0.87/0−0.40/04.12/50.92/1
S3−0.17/00.36/1−0.17/00.13/1−0.05/0−0.13/01.77/2−0.08/0
S4−0.37/0−0.34/0−0.69/0−0.12/0−0.57/0−0.88/01.16/2−0.68/0
S50.11/11.41/20.45/10.34/1−0.07/00.81/12.64/30.59/1
S6−0.26/0−0.26/0−0.38/0−0.06/0−0.88/0−0.76/01.29/2−0.50/0
S70.13/11.49/20.51/10.50/1−0.01/00.84/12.73/31.17/2
S8−0.11/00.64/1−0.04/00.11/1−0.53/00.08/12.28/30.30/1
S9−0.24/0−0.05/0−0.37/0−0.06/0−0.80/0−0.67/01.22/20.004/1
S100.06/11.26/20.46/10.37/1−0.06/00.77/12.66/31.56/2
S11−0.47/0−0.39/0−0.73/0−0.44/0−0.75/0−0.63/01.22/2−0.51/0
S12−0.45/0−0.44/0−0.68/0−0.44/0−0.86/0−0.68/01.25/2−0.04/0
S13−0.22/00.08/1−0.09/0−0.11/0−0.66/0−0.37/01.83/20.36/1
Average−0.21/00.29/1−0.06/00.02/1−0.49/0−0.17/01.99/20.27/1