Relative vs. absolute statistical analysis of compositions: A comparative study of surface waters of a Mediterranean river

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1404-1414

  Otero, N ^a   Tolosana Delgado, R ^b   Soler, A ^a   Pawlowsky Glahn, V ^b   Canals, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compositional distance; Lithologic background; Log ratio transformation; River pollution; Simplex

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AITCHISON DISTANCE; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; TRIBUTARIES;

SURFACE WATERS;

SURFACE WATER;

POLLUTION; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 18144368542     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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