# Assessment of Heavy Metal Distributions in Sand Beaches in the Maltese Islands
## 3 Results and Discussion
### Chemical Analysis
#### 3.1.1 Descriptive Statistics
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{6}{c}{**Elemental Data (ppm/g)**} \\ \cline{3-8}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Cu**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Fe**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Mn**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Pb**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Sr**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Zn**} \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Paradise**} & **Mean** & 1.536 & 79.897 & 11.254 & 3.545 & 152.940 & 6.388 \\  & **Min** & 1.482 & 70.565 & 10.704 & 3.025 & 147.834 & 5.656 \\  & **Max** & 1.584 & 85.204 & 12.022 & 4.663 & 160.997 & 7.092 \\  & **SD** & 0.046 & 6.523 & 0.553 & 0.757 & 5.721 & 0.600 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Hondoq**} & **Mean** & 1.460 & 74.284 & 6.252 & 2.300 & 56.748 & 3.237 \\  & **Min** & 1.109 & 50.862 & 5.657 & 1.765 & 54.242 & 2.567 \\  & **Max** & 1.810 & 97.706 & 6.848 & 2.836 & 59.254 & 3.907 \\  & **SD** & 0.496 & 33.124 & 0.842 & 0.758 & 3.544 & 0.947 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Golden**} & **Mean** & 1.235 & 106.333 & 12.133 & 2.192 & 147.319 & 6.013 \\  & **Min** & 0.430 & 92.596 & 10.557 & 1.575 & 85.158 & 0.990 \\  & **Max** & 3.417 & 113.992 & 13.477 & 2.647 & 180.717 & 10.229 \\  & **SD** & 0.752 & 6.788 & 0.947 & 0.332 & 34.855 & 3.433 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**St. George**} & **Mean** & 2.385 & 90.119 & 7.251 & 2.883 & 364.892 & 1.952 \\  & **Min** & 1.313 & 79.070 & 5.433 & 2.395 & 334.596 & 1.711 \\  & **Max** & 4.549 & 103.617 & 8.701 & 3.844 & 407.624 & 2.183 \\  & **SD** & 1.464 & 10.317 & 1.424 & 0.670 & 32.920 & 0.193 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Gnejna**} & **Mean** & 2.237 & 110.587 & 12.925 & 3.371 & 93.847 & 5.661 \\  & **Min** & 1.279 & 106.678 & 10.594 & 2.080 & 85.392 & 2.155 \\  & **Max** & 3.836 & 114.849 & 14.875 & 6.869 & 103.380 & 16.049 \\  & **SD** & 0.826 & 2.252 & 1.509 & 1.358 & 6.577 & 5.265 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Pretty**} & **Mean** & 1.309 & 81.636 & 5.589 & 3.772 & 403.719 & 2.766 \\  & **Min** & 0.950 & 69.018 & 3.132 & 2.710 & 361.156 & 2.362 \\  & **Max** & 4.435 & 88.555 & 8.403 & 4.726 & 489.177 & 3.188 \\  & **SD** & 0.905 & 5.156 & 1.604 & 0.644 & 35.216 & 0.268 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Riviera**} & **Mean** & 1.291 & 116.558 & 11.987 & 3.926 & 159.891 & 10.155 \\  & **Min** & 0.871 & 109.261 & 8.192 & 3.277 & 144.274 & 7.286 \\  & **Max** & 1.641 & 121.061 & 14.530 & 5.420 & 179.640 & 1.2823 \\  & **SD** & 0.279 & 4.060 & 2.168 & 0.645 & 9.962 & 1.814 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Armier**} & **Mean** & 0.685 & 87.704 & 5.562 & 3.984 & 229.340 & 2.130 \\  & **Min** & 0.226 & 75.809 & 2.363 & 2.458 & 204.373 & 1.622 \\  & **Max** & 2.037 & 97.516 & 7.570 & 8.886 & 262.177 & 3.026 \\  & **SD** & 0.522 & 6.347 & 1.858 & 1.934 & 24.846 & 0.525 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{**Marsalform**} & **Mean** & 10.025 & 125.091 & 13.698 & 8.381 & 85.392 & 8.927 \\  & **Min** & 10.025 & 125.091 & 13.698 & 8.381 & 85.392 & 8.927 \\ \cline{1-1}  & **Max** & 10.025 & 125.091 & 13.698 & 8.381 & 85.392 & 8.927 \\ \cline{1-1}  & **SD** & N/A & N/A & N/A & N/A & N/A \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Skewness Coefficient**} & 6.638 & \(-\)0.119 & 0.322 & 8.293 & 1.241 & 1.368 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 7: Concentrations of heavy metals in sand in different Mediterranean studies.