Using multivariate statistical analysis of groundwater major cation and trace element concentrations to evaluate groundwater flow in a regional aquifer

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2655-2673

  Stetzenbach, Klaus J ^a   Farnham, Irene M ^a   Hodge, Vernon F ^a   Johannesson, Kevin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash Meadows; Death valley; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Principal components analysis; Rare earth elements; Trace elements; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; POSITIVE IONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA);

HYDROLOGY;

GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033572211     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991215)13:17<2655::AID-HYP840>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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