Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Offshore and Inshore Sediments of The Arabian Gulf

  1. Khaild N. Alharbi
  2. Majed A. Almalki
  3. Hany M. Almotairy
  4. Mohammed F. Alotaibi
  5. Khaled S. Alharbi
  6. Sarah H. Alqahtani
  7. Musaad K. Aleid
  8. Hassan Y. Alfaifi
  9. Mohammed S. Almoiqli
  10. Abdulrahman H. Alhadadi
  11. Asim Bin-Suliman
  12. Ahmed Albaiji
  13. Yousef Alhafedh
  14. Ibrahim Alnasser
  15. Mubarak M. Albarqi
  16. Raed A. Alsulami
  17. Omar Abo-Alhannod
  18. Ekab S. Alzahrani
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Abstract

The study focuses on evaluating the presence of heavy metals in sediments samples from the Arabian Gulf, collected in December 2023. Utilizing inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS, the concentrations of various heavy metals were determined. Notably, the average concentration of iron (Fe) exceeds 5000 mg/kg. Other metals such as chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) exhibit concentrations within acceptable limits. However, arsenic (As) concentration averages around 22 mg/kg. Moreover, concentrations of silver (Ag) and cadmium (Cd) slightly exceed the recommended levels.

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  1. Version published to 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4316993/v1 on Research Square