Occurrence of Vanadium in Belgian and European Alluvial Soils

Table 5

Two-tailed Pearson correlation coefficients of V with other elements measured in floodplain soils of Belgian and European rivers.

	Belgian data	Grote Beek	Geul	Leie	FOREGS
Mg	0.793**	0.821**	0.391**	0.778**	0.570**
Al	0.030	0.785**	0.686**	0.870*	0.680**
P	0.626**	0.556**	−0.028	0.280	0.374**
K	0.681**	0.343**	—	0.605**	0.433**
Ca	0.481**	0.088	−0.100	0.170	0.064
Cr	0.729**	0.933**	0.177	0.631**	0.665**
Mn	−0.079	0.516**	0.211	0.397*	0.640**
Fe	0.668**	−0.118	0.461**	0.827**	0.896**
Co	0.201**	0.825**	0.399**	0.672**	0.841**
Ni	0.424**	0.551**	0.322**	0.717**	0.706**
Cu	0.513**	0.651**	0.235*	0.484**	0.649**
Zn	0.021	0.665**	0.152	0.382*	0.556**
As	0.575**	0.411**	0.249*	0.594**	—
Se	0.468**	0.365*	0.184	0.715**	—
Sr	0.667**	0.548**	0.601**	0.375*	—
Cd	0.428**	0.314**	0.121	0.365*	—
Ba	0.439**	0.437**	0.561**	0.628**	0.463**
Pb	−0.128	0.615**	0.211	0.461**	0.347**
Ti	—	—	—	—	0.869**
OM	—	—	—	0.657**	—
Clay	—	—	—	0.713**	—
Loam	—	—	—	0.054	—
Sand	—	—	—	−0.511**	—
S	—	—	—	0.463*	—

*: significant at 𝛼=0.05(two-tailed).
**: significant at 𝛼=0.01 (two-tailed).