简介:Theannualgrowthringsoftentreesandthesoilsnearthetreerootsweresampledfromtheminingaresoflead-andzinc-dominantmetalsintheXixiaMountain,Nanjing,forthedeterminationofchemicalelementcontents.Thestudyresultsshowedthattheelementalcontentsinthetreeringswerecorrelatedwiththoseinthesoils,i.e.,theelementalcontentsinthetreeringsincreasedwiththoseinthesoils,eveninthecasesofdifferentenvironmentsanddifferenttreespecies.Therefore,atime-concentrationsequencecouldbesetuponthebasisofdeterminingtheelementalcontentsinthesuccessiveannualgrowthringsoftreestoqualitativelyreflecttheannualvariationsofrelevantelementsinthesoils,andatime-concentrationsequenceofelementalcontentsinsoilscouldalsobeestablishedintermsofrelatedmodeltoreproducethedynamicchangesofthesurroundings.