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Journal Article 
Baseline concentrations of arsenic, barium, beryllium, lithium, niobium, strontium and vanadium in surface soils of Poland 
Dudka, S; Markert, B 
1992 
1 
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN: 0048-9697
EISSN: 1879-1026 
BIOSIS/92/30477 
122 
3 
279-290 
eng 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The objective of the research was to baseline concentration of As, Ba, Be, Li, Nb, Sr, V in the surface soils of Poland. The sampling programme was designed to obtain data representative ( 130 samples) of arable soils in Poland, under typical management. Locations directly affected by pollution (e.g. point source pollution, roads with heavy traffice were avoided. Since frequency distribution for most of the concentrations of elements in the soils, except Ba, were positively skewed, the data were transformed to logarithms (base 10) and central tendency and variation expressed as geometric means (GM) and geometric deviations (GD), respectively. For Ba the arithmetic mean and S.D. were used as a measure of average value and scatter, respectively. Mean concentrations of the elements (mg kg-1, dry wt) in the soils were: As 2.6; Ba 271.2; Be 0.71; Li 11.3; Nb 3.2; Sr 53.4 and V 18.4. The element contents of the soils correlated very well with amounts of particles 0.002 
General Biology-Conservation; Biochemical Studies-Minerals; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Soil Science-General