Abstract
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on the distribution of manganese content in the soils of the city of Mitrovica and its surroundings in Kosovo. A total of 156 topsoil samples were taken in the entire study region (sampling grid of 1.4 × 1.4 km2). The average Mn content of the entire study area is 1600 mg/kg (range 170–17000 mg/kg), which is 4.2 times higher than the EU average and 3.3 times higher than the global average. The spatial distribution maps show that the higher Mn contents occur mainly in soils from Miocene latite as well as quartz-latite and from Triassic volcanic-sedimentary formations in the eastern and north-eastern part of the study area. The lower values were found in the Flysch and Cretaceous flysch outcrops. It was found that the increased Mn contents in soils from this area are mostly of lithogenic origin. The values of the enrichment factor (EF) show that the soils of the entire study area are very highly enriched with Mn (20 < EF < 40). The values of the geo-accumulation index (1< I-geo ≤ 2), show that the soils of the entire study area are moderately contaminated with Mn.
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