Evaluation of the processes affecting vertical water chemistry in an alluvial aquifer of Mankyeong Watershed, Korea, using multivariate statistical analyses

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-345

  Choi, Byoung Young ^a   Kim, Hyeon Jung ^a   Kim, Kangjoo ^a   Kim, Seok Hwi ^a   Jeong, Hwa Jin ^a   Park, Eungyu ^b   Yun, Seong Taek ^c  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alluvial groundwater; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Mankyeong watershed; Redox reaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALLUVIAL GROUNDWATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANKYEONG WATERSHED;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; MANKYEONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 39449121945     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0820-9     Document Type: Article

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