Filtered stepwise clustering method for predicting fate of contaminants in groundwater remediation systems: A case study in western Canada

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 199, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 389-405

  Zou, Yun ^a   Huang, Guo H ^a,b   Nie, Xianghui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminant fate; Groundwater contamination; Multivariate analysis; Prediction; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER REMEDIATION; CLUSTERING METHODS; CONTAMINANT FATE; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION VARIABLES; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PUMP-AND-TREAT; REAL-WORLD; REMEDIATION DESIGN; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SOLUTION SPACE; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SUBSURFACE MODEL;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FILTERED STEPWISE CLUSTERING METHOD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUMP DESIGN; SIMULATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65849106078     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9887-5     Document Type: Article

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