Pollution Characteristics and Possible Sources of Seldom Monitored Trace Elements in Surface Sediments Collected from Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Table 3

Statistics results of SMTEs concentrations in sediments of TGR (mg·kg⁻¹).

Statistic	Li	Be	B	Bi	V	Co	Ga	Sn	Sb	Tl	References
Min	37.30	1.89	37.31	0.30	77.47	11.30	24.24	2.60	1.59	0.48	This study
Max	54.03	2.83	73.74	0.69	143.55	21.53	34.53	3.90	6.90	0.67	This study
Mean	47.08	2.47	59.15	0.50	119.20	17.83	30.31	3.25	4.14	0.58	This study
S.D.	4.88	0.26	11.41	0.10	15.86	2.27	2.81	0.36	1.76	0.04	This study
RSD (%)	10.37	10.39	19.28	19.84	13.31	12.71	9.26	10.95	42.48	7.26	This study
Sediments in China	32	2.2	48	0.39	80	12	—	3.4	0.96	—	[18]
Soils in China	32	2.0	48	0.37	82	13	17.5	2.6	1.2	0.62	[19]
Crust	20	2.8	10	0.17	135	25	15	2	0.2	0.45	[21]
Yangtze River	43	1.9	63	0.42	97	17	16	3.5	0.83	0.49	[18]
Yellow River	23	1.7	52	0.13	60	9	11	2.5	0.62	0.45	[18]
Pearl River	40.1	—	—	5.02	113	16.2	13.1	1.46	—	—	[20]
Beijing River	—	—	—	—	28.56	9.64	17.25	85.61	38.98	—	[8]