Application of the self-organizing mapping in exploration of the environmental impact of a tsunami disaster

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1016-1026

  Astel, Aleksander ^a   Boszke, Leonard ^b   Niedzielski, Przemysław ^b   Kozak, Lidia ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmetrics; Heavy metals; Mercury; Metalloids; Self organizing mapping; Tsunami sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CONFORMAL MAPPING; COPPER; DEIONIZED WATER; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; LEACHING; LEAD; LOCATION; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NICKEL; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TSUNAMIS; ZINC;

ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; CLEANING EFFECTS; DATA SETS; GENERAL CHEMICAL (CO); GENERAL PATTERN (GP); HUMIC MATTER (HM); MERCURY(III); NATURAL CLUSTERING; ORGANOMERCURY; RAINY SEASONS; SAMPLING LOCATIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SELF ORGANIZING; SELF ORGANIZING MAP (SOM); SITE SPECIFIC; THAILAND; TSUNAMI DISASTER; TSUNAMI SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; TIN; ZINC;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TSUNAMI; WASTE WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SALTS; TIDAL WAVES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 47349090635     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802059870     Document Type: Article

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