Hasse diagram technique as exploratory tool in sediment pollution assessment

Journal of Chemometrics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 254-261

  Tsakovski, Stefan ^a   Simeonov, Vasil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Hasse diagram technique; Heavy metals; PAH; PCB; Sediment pollution; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

HASSE DIAGRAM TECHNIQUE; HASSE DIAGRAMS; NEW APPROACHES; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUALITY ESTIMATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SELF-ORGANIZED MAPS; SELF-ORGANIZING-MAPS;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 79956327462     PISSN: 08869383     EISSN: 1099128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cem.1381     Document Type: Article

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