Detecting heavy metal contamination in soil using complex permittivity and artificial neural networks

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1054-1067

  Shang, J Q ^a   Ding, W ^a   Rowe, R K ^b   Josic, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AMEC Earth and Environmental Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Complex permitivity; Contamination detection; Heavy metals; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTILLATION; HEAVY METALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PERMITTIVITY; POROSITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

DEIONIZATION; DISTILLED WATER; METAL CONTAMINATION; PORE-FLUID SALINITY;

SOILS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HEAVY METAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 15544383102     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-051     Document Type: Article

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