Surface and groundwater water quality assessment using multivariate analytical methods: A case study of the Western Niger Delta, Nigeria

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 666-673

  Omo Irabor, Omoleomo Olutoyin ^a,b   Olobaniyi, Samuel Bamidele ^a   Oduyemi, Kehinde ^b   Akunna, Joseph ^b  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hierarchic cluster analysis; Hydrochemistry; Niger delta; Principal component analysis; Surface groundwater quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REUSABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESSES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL DATA SETS; DATA REDUNDANCIES; DATA SETS; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS; FACTOR ANALYSIS (FA); GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER WATER; LAND USE PLANNING (LUP); MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; PHYSICO CHEMICALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SAMPLING SITES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL SIMILARITY; TOTAL VARIANCE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 48749122490     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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