Source identification of groundwater pollution with the aid of multivariate statistical analysis

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 281-288

  Wu, T N ^a   Huang, Y C ^b   Lee, M S ^c   Kao, C M ^d  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c Bureau of Environmental Protection   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Mineralization; Principal component; Principal component analysis; Salinization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NITRATE; SEA WATER; SULFATE; ZINC;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASHORE; TAIWAN; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VARIANCE; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 31344458225     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2005.0074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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