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Abstract
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Persian Gulf and its coastal areas are the world's largest source of crude oil and
related industries govern the region. One of the contaminants in this area is heavy
metals associated with oil spill. More importantly, vanadium, nickel and zinc can be
named in this regard. In this study, the contamination of northern coasts of Persian
Gulf is selected to investigate for trace metals of V, Ni, Cd, Co, Zn, Cu, and Pb
pollution in soils, their distribution and levels of contamination. The study was
carried out on the northern coasts of Persian Gulf including three provinces of
Bushehr, Khuzestan and Hormozgan. The results revealed a great increase in the
amount of vanadium in most of the sampling sites to be higher than background
values for soil. In Southern Pars Gas Field there was the concentration of 7713.77 mg
Kg-1. The concentration of other metals was almost high and a great relationship
between vanadium, zinc, cadmium, and lead was found.
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