2. Study Site
The research was conducted in Zinc Industrial Complex (36e 66Ą N, 48e 48Ą E). The Zinc Specialized
Industrial Complex was established in 1996, with a current consumption of about one million tons of raw ore and a
production of 0.19 million tons of Zn per year. Soil samples were collected from the site during second week of
September 2009 in the study area (Fig. 1).