A multivariate statistical analysis of surface water chemistry data-The Ankobra Basin, Ghana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Yidana, Sandow M ^a   Ophori, Duke ^a   Banoeng Yakubo, Bruce ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ankobra; Dendrogram; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Principal component analysis; Varimax rotation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LOCATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHERING;

ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATERS; ANKOBRA; DENDROGRAMS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PRESTEA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF VARIATION; VARIMAX ROTATIONS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

APATITE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICATE; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GHANA; HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; ANKOBRA BASIN; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN REGION;

EID: 35649016263     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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