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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for raw (compositional) geochemical data

From: Discrimination of topsoil environments in a karst landscape: an outcome of a geochemical mapping campaign

Element

Min

Q1

Med

Q3

Max

MAD

g

Al (%)

0.9

6.48

7.45

8.48

14.04

1.010

7.087

As (ppm)

2.2

12.0

16.0

22.0

105.0

5.000

15.133

Ba (ppm)

35.0

253.0

306.0

360.0

840.0

53.000

289.491

Ca (%)

0.08

0.58

0.97

2.07

28.73

0.051

1.224

Cd (ppm)

0.1

0.4

0.9

1.5

15.5

0.6000

0.750

Co (ppm)

2.0

13.0

17.0

20.0

43.0

3.000

15.682

Cr (ppm)

15.0

84.5

107.0

132.0

443.9

23.100

105.720

Cu (ppm)

6.0

23.0

31.1

40.8

429.0

8.700

31.406

Fe (%)

0.43

3.24

3.9

4.57

8.02

0.660

3.714

K (%)

0.18

1.07

1.29

1.53

3.79

0.230

1.247

La (ppm)

4.0

40.0

49.0

57.0

185.0

8.000

46.006

Mg (%)

0.16

0.54

0.7

0.87

10.47

0.16

0.755

Mn (ppm)

96.0

711.0

957.0

1223.0

3839.0

254.0

895.123

Na (%)

0.048

0.276

0.419

0.6

1.78

0.162

0.393

Nb (ppm)

1.0

10.1

13.0

17.0

30.0

3.000

12.794

Ni (ppm)

7.0

50.0

68.0

88.0

289.0

18.200

64.618

P (%)

0.015

0.047

0.061

0.085

0.684

0.017

0.065

Pb (ppm)

10.0

33.0

43.0

54.0

177.0

10.200

41.715

Sc (ppm)

1.0

10.0

12.0

13.0

115.0

2.000

11.045

Sr (ppm)

22.0

72.0

84.0

98.0

588.0

13.000

87.551

Th (ppm)

2.0

12.0

14.4

17.2

29.7

2.600

13.672

Ti (%)

0.05

0.374

0.428

0.473

0.94

0.050

0.403

V (ppm)

9.0

111.0

137.0

167.0

473.0

27.000

134.148

Y (ppm)

4.0

18.00

25.0

32.4

201.0

7.000

23.995

Zn (ppm)

16.0

85.0

104.0

126.0

638.0

21.000

102.567

Zr (ppm)

11.0

55.1

72.3

102.0

551.0

21.400

73.031

N (%)

0.03

0.24

0.34

0.47

2.21

0.110

0.337

TOC (%)

0.53

2.99

4.39

6.13

25.31

0.147

4.342

  1. Q1, Med; and Q3 are the sample quartiles (25th, 50th and 75th percentile); MAD is median absolute deviation; g is geometric mean