Estimation of pollution indices and hazard evaluation from trace elements concentration in coastal sediments of Kerala, Southwest Coast of India

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 10 Statistical parameters of the contamination factor

Statistical parameters	As	Cd	Cu	Cr	Mn	Zn	Ni	Pb	Ti
Minimum	0.00001	0.00080	0.00022	0.00040	0.00010	0.00100	0.00011	0.00030	0.00002
Maximum	0.0022	0.003	0.0026	0.0085	0.008	0.055	0.0011	0.0055	0.0005
Mean	0.00034	0.0016	0.0008	0.0028	0.0025	0.0076	0.00057	0.0019	0.00014
Median	0.00013	0.00165	0.00063	0.00185	0.0021	0.004	0.00051	0.0015	0.00009
Std. deviation	0.00059	0.0007	0.00057	0.0025	0.002	0.0123	0.0003	0.0015	0.00015
Skewness	2.710	0.686	1.915	1.365	1.289	3.798	0.373	1.086	1.812
Kurtosis	6.750	− 0.256	4.823	0.939	1.816	15.227	− 1.039	0.606	2.741