Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Correlation coefficient matrix for the metals in soil in garage of Shashemane city

From: Analyzing soil contamination status in garage and auto mechanical workshops of Shashemane City: implication for hazardous waste management

	Depth	Service_year	Cr	Pb	Ni	Cd	CO	pH	EC	SOM
Depth	1
Service_year	0.000	1
Cr	−0.163	0.418*	1
Pb	0.036	0.327	−0.076	1
Ni	0.054	0.347*	0.193	0.069	1
Cd	−0.318	0.104	0.018	0.079	−0.089	1
CO	0.047	0.209	−0.071	−0.175	0.428**	0.029	1
pH	0.056	−0.092	0.109	0.027	−0.195	0.156	−0.016	1
EC	−0.182	0.084	0.098	0.128	−0.069	0.120	0.033	0.192	1
SOM	−0.605**	−0.103	−0.019	−0.003	−0.040	0.110	0.089	0.028	0.370*	1

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). c. Listwise N = 36
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

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