The study area was located in the southern part of the Jordan. The cement factory is situated 5 km northeastern of Qadissiya area ( Figure 1 ), and it was located between 30˚50'N and 35˚36'E. It is approximately 180 km away from the capital Amman, with an elevation about 1446 m. The investigated area has a

Mediterranean climate characterized by hot and dry in summer and cool in winter season. Mean minimum temperature in the investigated area were 1.2˚C in January and 25.2˚C in July (Department of Meteorology [42] ). Rainfall occurs only in the winter season which was extended from November to April. It is precipitation was around (205 mm∙yr⁻¹). Snowfall occurs occasion-ally, mainly in the western part of the study area in January to March. The mean number of snow days was 5 per year and the maximum recorded annual snowfall was 20 cm to 35 cm. The predominant wind direction is from westerly to northwesterly. The soil was yellow-brown with calcareous concretions. It was composed of loess-like silt and residual calcareous bed rock. The soil texture shows that it was sandy clay, which composed of sand (50%), clay (30%) and silt (20%). Upper cretaceous carbonaceous facies dominated in the central part of country, whereas ancient basement (Pre-Cambrian) and Cambrian Nubian sandstone dominated in the south part of the country. Basalt desert is dominated in northeastern parts and the rift valley forming Jordan’s western borders. The investigated area was dominated by Amman Silicified Limestone Formation from the Companian age. This formation consists of limestone, chert, massive chalky and marl [1] [43] [44] . This factory plays a significant role in the local economy. It was established 1984 as a state owned enterprise and was a major employer in the area. The factory was situated on the edges of the southern mountainous desert of the Wadi Araba site [1] .

In August 2023 the sixty-two composite soil samples were taken in a grid system around the cement factory at two depths: 0 - 10 cm and 10 - 20 cm. The samples were most densely collected around the cement factory and became less densely collected with increasing distance from the cement factory [1] . Wood, foreign objects and stones were removed in the field by hand and to avoid the effect due to differential uptake of metals by vegetation, sampling were increased in the non-agricultural sites is carried out at sites where plants with superficial roots were not present [38] [45] . All samples were collected with a stainless steel spatula and kept in plastic bags at room temperature for not more than one day from starting analytical procedures. Eighty-eight samples of street dust were collected from seven locations in the study area under stable weather condition. The sampling data are chosen at the end of the dry summer season after four rainless months. The samples were classified into seven areas i.e., high traffic, moderate traffic, light traffic, schools and gardens, residential, parks and background sites (control) out of the investigated area ( Table 1 ). A sampling point within each unit was collected at random, and approximately 250 g of the dust particles that had accumulated on impervious surface (street pavement) within a 5-m radius circle around the sampling sites [46] [47] . The dust sampling was carried out from pavement edges using a plastic dustpan and brushes, but they are not collected from sites adjacent to sites-specific pollution sources (e.g. gasoline stations and industrial sites). However, the samples were collected from

both sides of the street on a dry day using a plastic dustpan and brush. About 250 g of dust was stored in small self-sealing plastic bags after being screened through a 2-mm plastic sieve to remove extraneous matter such as paving stone, small pieces of brick and other large debris [5] [6] [32] [46] [48] [49] . Background samples (n = 10) were collected from the remote sites outside the study area that were not affected by any source of contamination (control samples). The aim of these samples is for comparison purpose.

The samples (dust and soil) were transferred from the collectors to quartz crucible dried at 105˚C for about four hours to constant mass. The dried samples were then sieved through a 2-mm plastic sieve to remove unwanted gravel -sieved matter [1] [5] [32] [49] . Two grams of dried dust and soil were accurately weighted digested with 10 ml of con-centration of HNO₃ solution in a test tube and left overnight. The final extracts were filtered into a 25 ml at 90˚C. The final extracts were filtered into a 25 ml polyethylene volumetric flask through 0.45 µm filters and then dilute to the mark with 1% HNO₃ solution. The chemistry characteristics were determined following standard procedure [6] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] . The pH was determined by mixing 1:2.5 (w/v) soil-distilled water suspensions [52] . Electrical conductivity (EC) was determined in 1:5 extra, calcium carbonate equivalent was determined by a manometric method [34] . The percentage of organic matter was determined by the titration method which is based on the oxidation of organic matter by K₂Cr₂O₇ [51] [53] . The value of cation exchange capacity (CEC) is obtained by calculation from exchangeable cations contents determined by measuring the solution content after treatment of five grams taken from the less than 63-pm soil fraction with sodium acetate and ammonium acetate solution [22] [50] . A flame atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu AAS model AA-6200, Japan) was used to analyze heavy metals in the standard metal solutions (Merck Company, Germany) alongside the street dust and soil samples solutions. All the standard solution was prepared from analytical grade compounds of Merck Company. For the metals (Cu, Fe, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni) seven standard solutions of different concentrations are prepared in 2 M HNO₃, within the linear concentration range for measured. The calibration curve was prepared for each of the metals investigated by least square fitting. The accuracies of this method have been evaluated by analysis a standard reference material (SRM) from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) soil 7. The Selective Reaction Monitoring (SRM) analysis showed that the accuracy is better than ±5%. The precision of the results was evaluated through replicate analysis (three replicates for each sample) [8] [14] . All glassware was Pyrex washed several times with soap, distilled water and diluted nitric acid to remove any adhered impurities.

The physicochemical parameters of soil around the cement factory were given in Table 2 . The mean pH values were acidic varying over a wide ranged from 6.33 - 8.16, which was suggests neutral to sub alkaline conditions for the soil samples. The average pH of the upper part (10 - 20 cm) of soil was 7.35, but in the lower part (0 - 10 cm) of soil was (7.66). The study area shows that the upper part of the soil was highly enriched with metals than the lower part ( Figure 2 ). This might be attributing to the mobility of metals which is strongly influenced by many factors such as pH, Eh and the solubility of minerals. The highest pH values were attributed to the high content of carbonate, ash and cinder of anthropogenic source [20] [54] [55] which is neutralization of soil acidity, but the lower value for pH was found in the central area where there was high traffic density. The soil pH was 6.50 at 5 km. Distance which increased gradually to 6.77 at 2 km, and it was 7.77 at 500 m distance from cement factory. There was significant increase in the soil pH up to the distance of 1 km from the cement factory. These

results were in agreement with other researchers [56] [57] [58] . The electrical conductivity (EC) of the upper soil samples ranges from 685 - 1033 µs/cm with an average value of 913.06 µs/cm, and in the lower part of soil it ranges from 695 - 1003 µs/cm with an average value of 941.15 µs/cm. However, the high electrical conductivity values were measured close to the cement factory with increasing values in the residential area. Total organic matter (TOM %) content of the soil varied as 0.33 - 2.1, with a mean of 0.49 in the upper part of soil, but in the lower part of soil it ranges from 0.98 - 3.21, with an average value of 1.81 ( Table 2 ). The mean value of the organic matter shows that the organic matter content in the soil around the cement factory is generally low. This result agrees with the results of Wufem et al. [59] and Balasubramanian et al. [60] . Low organic matter may also suggest probably a reflection of low annual vegetation and biomass production around the cement factory. Cation exchange capacity (CEC) in the upper soil ranges from 50.12 - 102.33, with mean value of 80.05, but in the lower part of soil it ranged from 42 - 120, with mean value of 63.18. Low CEC may result in the low buffering capacity of the soil and low nutrient retention, which reflects the reduce crop yield in the study area [59] . Usually pH influences the CEC of soil content, which in turn affect metals distribution and mobility in soil. Moreover, CaCO₃ content of the soil samples vary from 7.23 - 13.3 in the upper part of soil, with mean value of 10.70, but in the lower part it ranges from 8.36 - 17.32, with mean value of 13.98.

Analytical results of the concentrations of metals in the topsoil were summarized in Table 3 . Based on the results of analysis for the metals (Cu, Fe, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni) observed that metals originating from anthropogenic activities were distributed in topsoil by the atmospheric deposition within a distance depending on the grain size particles of the dust, direction and strength of wind, type of soil and major physci-chemical parameters such as pH, EC, and CEC of soil. Lead value in the lower soil (0 - 10 cm) samples ranged from 12.36 - 82.13 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil, with a mean value being of 47.92 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil. The highest value of lead is 82.13 mg∙kg⁻¹ measured in the upper soil samples collected from eastern side

of the entrance and northeastern area of the cement factory ( Figure 2 ). However, the lower lead concentration 12.36 mg∙kg⁻¹ was measured in the upper reference soil samples in the western side of cement factory. The high lead level in soil samples beside the cement factory can be attributed to the cement industry in which the process and production of cement industry require a substantial amount of energy supplied by burning fossil fuel and heavy traffic activity in and around the cement factory [6] [17] [22] [61] [62] .

The concentrations of metals (Cu, Fe, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cr and Ni) were compared to mean values in urban soils in the world ( Table 4 ). The mean values of lead in the analyzed soil were much lower than those reported from different areas in the world. It is clear that the mean values of lead in the soil samples lower than those presented for soil samples from industrial areas presented in Table 4 . The significantly high concentration of lead in soil samples was consistent with the results findings of Bi et al. [63] , Al-Khashman and Shawabkeh [1] , Wu et al. [64] , and Ogunkunle and Fatoba [65] . Copper, Zinc and chromium in the investigated area were generally lower than those reported for other areas in the world ( Table 4 ).

The higher values of metals in the study area were found closer to the industrial area, which clearly represents the source to be anthropogenic and not natural sources [58] [73] [74] [75] . Highly significant positive correlations between metals in all samples of soil such as Pb versus Zn, Cd, and Cu R2 = (0.852, 0.701 and 0.713) respectively ( Table 5 ). Iron is one of the principle metals in the Earth's crust and is mainly associated with other sources, its generally deposited in the neighborhood of the emission sources [61] [71] [76] . Higher values of iron were measured to the eastern side of the cement factory (28.68 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil), but the lowest value of iron was found in the upper part of soil sample where the sample was collected around 50 m away from the entrance to the cement factory beside the parking site. However, the higher value of iron was also found in the nearby mechanical vehicle and traffic sites. A significantly positive correlation at P < 0.01 was found between metal pairs Fe-Mn (0.652), Fe-Cr (0.734) and Fe-Zn

(0.646). The highest copper concentration was measured near the vegetation areas in the east and northwest of cement factory ( Figure 2 ). This results shows that the source of soil contamination such as anthropogenic activities, agricultural soils receive metals mainly from fertilizers, pesticides, manure and other scattered diffuse pollution sources such as traffic emissions and incineration [61] [66] [77] . The lowest value of copper was measured in the upper part of soil (10 - 20 cm) with a mean value of 1.67 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil. A good correlation was found between the metal pairs Cu-Cd (0.701), Cu-Pb (0.713) and moderate correlation between Cu-Zn (0.588) were shown in Table 4 .

In general, cadmium was found to be lower in concentration compared to the other metals in soil. The mean concentration of cadmium in the upper part of soil was 3.36 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil, while in the lower part of soil mean value was 6.06 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil. A significantly good correlation was found between Cd and Cu pairs (0.701). Based on the result of metals values in soil, zinc concentration was the second highest value after the lead concentration. The mean value of zinc was analyzed to be 48.81 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil in the upper soil and 19.32 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil in the lower part of soil. An acceptable correlation between metals pairs Zn and Cd (0.401) and between Zn and Cr (0.613) were obtained. The highest concentration of zinc in soil sample may be derived from anthropogenic activities, whereas the abrasion of tires of motor vehicles may be considered as the second source of the traffic emissions [20] [58] [61] [75] [78] [79] [80] . The high value of zinc in soil samples were associated mainly with the emission sources of the cement industry and traffic emissions in the studied area. According to Ellis and Revitt [81] , the Zn and Cd contamination of soils results from the mechanical abrasion of vehicle parts such as brake lining, oil leaked sumps and also associated with tire wear. Chromium and manganese values exhibit generally low values in the soil samples. The highest values of chromium were reported in the eastern side of the cement industry, but the lowest value of chromium was noticed in the reference soil samples ( Figure 3 ). The highest value of manganese was measured in the south western part of the study area (66.33 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil), while the lowest value was measured in the reference soil sample (19.56 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil). The source of manganese in soil sample was interpreted to reflect a natural enrichment by weathering and natural processes and may be from automobile tires [82] . In general, the levels of metals in the topsoil in the study area were compared with the mean values of metals concentrations in the topsoil of other industrialized areas. The comparison results were presented in Table 4 . It is clear that the mean values of lead in the analyzed soils are much lower than those reported for soil samples from industrial areas.

The understanding the relationship between metals and soil properties Pearson's correlation coefficients were used to measure the degree of correlation between logarithms of the metal data [1] [83] [84] . The relationship proved insight into the distribution and fate of heavy metals in soil. The relationship between soil properties and metals were presented in Table 5 . A significant good correlation data (>0.65) was found between Pb and Zn, and Cu and Cr and Cr and Zn versus Mn and Cd versus Cu. These correlations suggest that the source of the metals is similar to that of the origin of metals in the soil sample was related to the industrial activities. Lead values showed very weak positive correlation with Fe and Cr. This can be explained by the minimal amount of Cr in the soil. In this study, no significant correlation between pH, TOM, CEC and CaCO₃ found and this can be explained to the narrow range of pH (6.33 - 8.16) measured in soil samples. This process has limited importance on the behavior, fate and mobility and distribution of metal in soils which it substantially limiting their mobility due to neutral sub-alkaline environment [73] , and no relationship shows that the source of contamination might be differing from the other materials [4] . Principal Component Analysis (PCA) can be used to determine the source of contamination more accurately, which extracting the eigenvalues from the relationship matrix and provide information on the distribution and source of metal contamination. The results of statistical analysis of metals were displayed in Table 6 .

Factor 1 accounts for 39.89% of the total variance which is dominated by high loadings on the metals Pb, Zn and Cd indicates the influence of the anthropogenic activities on the properties of soil samples. The local industrial anthropogenic influences were further emphasizing by soil samples were collected beside the cement industry which it depending on the grainsize, grain particle of soil samples and prevailing wind direction [28] [71] [83] . Lead and zinc were significantly correlated as can be shown from their correlation coefficient, and have a common traffic and automobile sources, coupled with industrial sources [62] [80] [85] [86] . Al-Khashman [87] showed that Zn in dust results from the abrasion of vehicle parts such as brake linings, oil leak sumps wear and tear of vulcanized vehicle tires, and due to corrosion of galvanized automobile parts [28] . Factor 2, explained about 11.71% of the total variance and presents high loadings of Fe, Cr, Cu and soil characteristics CaCO₃. This factor has high loadings of natural and anthropogenic sources [28] [34] . The third factor is accounts for 10.24% of the total variance. This factor was composed by the soil characteristics pH, EC, CEC and OM %. Based on the PCA, factor 1 represents the contribution of metals from local anthropogenic activities, but the factor 2 represented the contribution of metals from lithogenic and anthropogenic sources. Meanwhile, factor 3 represents the physicochemical parameters and has no significant. The results of statistical analysis and data treatment of the contamination of metals emphasizing that cement emissions and anthropogenic activities such as, agricultural activities and traffic emissions represent the major source of contamination in the study area. Hence, both the physical and chemical parameters of the shows a strong influence on the bioavailability of metals and should be considered in future remediation decision of a small scale of area. Meanwhile, understanding the relationship between soil characteristics and heavy metals distribution, fate and behavior provides good information into the assessment, monitoring and management of remediation actions to minimize the distribution of metals in the investigated area.

The results of metals in street dust samples vary greatly according to the strength and direction of wind, pH and composition of dust fall. The pH values were in interval range 6.63 - 8.30, indicating weak acidic, neutral to sub-alkaline conditions of the dust samples. The higher values of pH in street dust samples were determined in the samples were collected in the residential area. The relatively higher pH value was referring to the high content of carbonaceous material in the investigated area [57] [72] . This explain that the changes of soil chemistry (acidity) can influence neutral compositions in the soils by removing the bivalent base (such as Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺) from the distribution in the study area [6] [88] . The values of electrical conductivity were in the range of 112 ± 2.42 to 770 µs/cm ± 83.0. The high electrical conductivity (EC) value (770 ± 83.0 µs/cm) was found close to the cement factory with increasing values in the Qadissiya area, while the lowest value of conductivity was found at the background site (112 ± 2.42 µs/cm) ( Table 7 ). However, the higher electrical conductivity was estimated direct to the cement factory with propagation values in residential part. Total organic matter (TOM %) analyzed in dust samples were ranged from 3.4% to 5.6%. The highest values of organic matter were collected at the northwestern side of study area, which reflects the variable distribution of plants, palm trees, olive, fruits and vegetation in the study area. The CaCO₃ values were vary from 1.8 to 3.7 %. The result indicates that the dust samples in the industrial areas and the major streets were calcareous and carbonate content of dust collected from the major street in the investigated area. The higher value of CaCO₃ (3.7%) was higher than that reported previously (2.1% by Al-Khashman [87] , and 1.2% by Al-Chalabi and Hawker [89] ), but it is lowest than 3.9 % measured by Al-Khashman [6] .

The measured mean values of metals in the street dust samples were illustrated in Table 7 . The highest level of metal was measured in the samples from street dust of the industrialized area except for cadmium and lead the highest value of which were found in the samples from street dust samples of the heavy traffic areas inside the cement factory as shown in Table 7 and Figure 4 . However, the lowest value of metal ions was found in the samples were analyzed from street dust at the background (control). The mean metal concentration levels increased according to the following trend: CFe > CZn > CPb > CMn > CCu > CCd > CCr where C stands for concentration.

According to the results of values at nine points, the highest lead level 106.0 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil in the street dust samples were collected in the high traffic area, but the lowest lead concentration 14.8 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil were found at the background area (control). The high content of lead was due to the industry cement process and production which requires essential amount of energy supplied by burning fossil fuel and large emission from automobiles, and vehicle emission. A significantly positive correlation was found between the metal pairs Pb-Zn (0.87) and Pb-Cu (0.75). The value of copper in the samples was found to be in the range of 26.4 to 12.8 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil. A good correlation was found between Cu-Pb (0.75), where the high value of Cu near the car services area may be derived from mechanical abrasion of vehicles and may be associated with the electrical devices in the study area. The highest value of Cu was found in the street dust samples from heavy traffic area [80] [87] . The concentration of zinc in the street dust samples were in the range 265 - 44 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil. The highest value of Zn was measured in the industrial sites from workplace of car service, but the lowest value was found at the background (control) area. According to Al-Khashman [20] , the Cu and Zn contamination of roadside, soils result from the abrasion of vehicle parts such as oil leak sumps, cylinder head gaskets, tires of motor vehicle and brake linings. High correlation was found between the elemental pairs Zn-Cu (0.91) and Zn-Pb (0.88). The maximum concentration of iron was measured in the dust samples in the industrial sites (6288 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil) and the minimum iron value was found in background sample (2011 mg∙kg⁻¹ dry soil). A positive correlation between Zn, Cu and Pb, supports the result that they are influenced by traffic emissions and anthropogenic activities were the main source of metals in the study area. Comparison of metal values in the street dust with those of various areas around the world was given in Table 8 . The levels of Fe, Cu, Mn, Cd and Cr in street dust from study area were lowest among the compared sites. However, some of the metals in dust were found to be slightly higher than that found in the other sites.

1) Enrichment Factor (EF)

Enrichment factor (EF) is a convenient of geochemical trends it used for making comparison between different areas and it used to distinguish between natural or anthropogenic source of pollution and also determine the degree of metal contamination in the environment [92] [93] . Based on enrichment factor (EF), if EF value between 0.5 to 1.5 indicates the metal was originated from crustal materials or natural processes whereas EF greater than 1.5 suggest that the sources are more likely to be anthropogenic. The EF values can be divided into three contamination categories: Less enrichment (<10), intermediately enrichment (10 < EF < 100), and highly enrichment (100 < EF) [3] [6] [94] .

The results of EF for this study are present in Table 9 . The results show that the Zn and Mn have less enrichment with EF < 1.5 and indicating crustal natural influence such as weathering process. The highest mean EF for Zn, Pb, Cr and Cd were indicated in all sites with the value greater than 10 (medium enrichment). This suggests that metals, except Mn, were accumulated in street dust and street side soil primary from vehicular and industrial activities. The results indicate that the concentration of metals in soil samples was significantly affected by anthropogenic activities.

2) Principle Component Analysis (PCA)

Principle component analysis (PCA) can be used to distinguish the source of contaminants more accurately which extracting the eigenvalues from the variance [4] [6] [28] [34] [84] [95] . The results of statistical analysis were presented in Table 10 . There are three eigenvalues higher than one and those three factors.

Factor one accounting for 39.895% of the total variance has high loadings for Fe and Mn which indicates the influence of natural and anthropogenic sources. However, this factor could be identified as resuspension of soil dust [96] . This factor was likely to be of natural crustal origin with traces of anthropogenic activities [34] [95] . On the other hand, factor two indicates that about 11.712% of the total variance which had high loadings on the elements Zn, Pb and Cu. These metals are related to motor vehicle emission, nonferrous metal smelting, and waste incineration [95] [96] . According to Thorpe and Harrison [97] and Al-Momani [98] the Pb derived from vehicular emission, brake abrasions and tyres contribute significant amount of Pb in dust samples. Faiz et al. [99] also found that Pb was strongly associated with emissions from fossil fuels and

industrial activities. The third factor which account for 10.249% of the total variance and presented in high loadings of Cd, and Zn. Al-Momani [98] found Pb to be strongly associated with vehicular emissions and Zn associated with various metal smelting and other industries. According to Fergusson and Kim [100] , Mn, Cu, and Cd were associated with vehicles related source such as corrosion of metallic part, concrete materials, re-entrained dust from streets and tear and wear of tyres and engine parts. The results of the statistical analysis and distribution of the contamination of metals suggested that industrial activities and vehicle emissions represents the most important pollutant source for the studied area.