Determination of arsenic levels in the water resources of Aksaray Province, Turkey

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2182-2192

  Altaş, Levent ^a   Işik, Mustafa ^a   Kavurmaci, Murat ^a  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aksaray Province; Arsenic; Groundwater; Monitoring; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

AKSARAY PROVINCE; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC LEVELS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MEAN VALUES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING LOCATION; TURKISHS; WATERS RESOURCES;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AKSARAY; TURKEY;

EID: 79957936971     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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