Research Article

Source Identification and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Shallot Fields in Brebes Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

Table 1

Statistical analysis results of heavy metal concentrations in the soil of shallot fields in Brebes Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.

VariablesnMeanMinMaxSDCVSkewnessKurtosisBGVK-S test
mg kg−1%mg kg−1

Pb18412.537.8418.942.5019.950.4−0.4527.00.058
Cd1841.780.992.310.2715.00−0.750.480.410.095
Co1846.333.029.982.1734.340.06−1.3411.30.092
Ni18416.2210.1726.623.5321.730.48−0.3529.00.073
Cr18421.5210.4049.557.4234.501.331.8659.50.117
pH1846.445.027.600.507.80−0.27-0.160.058
SOCe1840.910.353.300.3740.352.7011.660.169
CECf18439.1011.0762.158.3321.29−0.150.390.061

SD, standard deviation; CV, coefficient of variation (%); BGV, background contents [27]; K-S, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test; SOC, soil organic carbon (%); CEC, cation exchange capacity (cmol(+) kg−1).