title: Modeling of the distribution of heavy metals and trace elements in argan forest soil and parts of argan tree.
abstract: The transfer of heavy metals and trace elements from argan forest soil into the wood, leaves, almonds, and argan oil was studied. Analyzed metals were: chromium, cadmium, copper, zinc, lead, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium. Correlations linking different behaviors of the studied heavy metals and trace elements observed by multidimensional analysis were attributed to partial-spatial variations. Whereas the RV-coefficient of wood, leaf, almond and oil groups was high, the soil group correlated poorly with the other groups.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Générale, Matériaux, Nanomatériaux et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, BP1014, Rabat, Morocco. faez89@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Faez A E
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: Rahma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bchitou
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boulmane
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouhaouss
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guillaume
mesh_terms: D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009018:Morocco; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D029632:Sapotaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014197:Trees / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012987:Soil; D014131:Trace Elements