Using multivariate factor analysis to assess surface/logged water quality and source of contamination at a large irrigation project at Al-Fadhli, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-327

  Ahmed, Syed Munaf ^a   Hussain , Mahbub ^b   Abderrahman, Walid ^b  

^a Abunayyan Group   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Factor analysis; Irrigated agriculture; Multivariate analysis; Saudi Arabia; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IRRIGATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; WATER QUALITY;

ASH SHARQIYAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 32444444091     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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