Detecting subtle hydrochemical anomalies with multivariate statistics: An example from 'homogeneous' groundwaters in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4317-4333

  O'Shea, Bethany ^a,b   Jankowski, Jerzy ^b,c  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Artesian Basin; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Homogeneous groundwaters; Major ions; Multivariate statistics; Na HCO3 type waters; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAJOR ION COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN; NAMOI VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33845866863     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6177     Document Type: Article

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