Evaluation of groundwater quality in Al-Qassim area, Saudi Arabia, using cluster and factor analyses

Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-121

  Al Bassam, Abdulaziz M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Al Qassim; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949118161     PISSN: 10248684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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