TheverticaldistributionandmigrationofCu,Zn,Pb,andCdintwoforestsoilprofilesnearanindustrialemissionsourcewereinvestigatedusingahighresolutionsamplingmethodtogetherwithreferenceelementTi.One-metersoilprofilewassectionedhorizontallyat2cmintervalsinthefirst40cm,5cmintervalsinthenext40cm,and10cmintervalsinthelast20cm.Themigrationdistanceandrateofheavymetalsinthesoilprofileswerecalculatedaccordingtotheirrelativeconcentrationsintheprofiles,ascalibratedbythereferenceelementTi.Theenrichmentofheavymetalsappearedintheuppermostlayeroftheforestsoil,andthesoilheavymetalconcentrationsdecreaseddowntheprofileuntilreachingtheirbackgroundvalues.ThecalculatedaveragemigrationratesofCd,Cu,Pb,andZnwere0.70,0.33,0.37,and0.76cmyear-1,respectively,whichwerecomparabletoothermethods.Asimulationmodelwasproposed,whichcouldwelldescribethedistributionofCu,Zn,Pb,andCdinnaturalforestsoils.
