Statistical Evaluation of Chemical Contents of Damlatas (Alanya/Antalya) Beach Sand

In recent years, the rapid increase in the population and the growth in the tourism sector have increased the demand for beaches. Heavy metal accumulation on coastlines, which host millions of people and terrestrial organisms every year, is an important environmental problem. Identifying the source of heavy metal pollution is an valuable step in solving such an important environmental problem. In the next steps, it should be aimed to determine the toxicity risks for heavy metal accumulation in the region and to propose a biochemical recycling solution as a result. Metals differ in mobility, toxicity, and chemical behavior. For this reason, handling metals with different geochemical forms provides information about the extent of heavy metal accumulation and pollution. Major and trace element concentrations were learned as a result of ED-XRF analysis on the samples collected from Damlatas beach in Antalya province Alanya district. Element concentrations were handled with the "Descriptive Statistics" method, which is one of the multivariate statistical analyses. As a result of the study, it was thought that Cr, Sr, Sn, Pb, Zn and Co elements in the chemical content of Damlatas beach sands originated from regional geology.