Assessment of seasonal variations of chemical characteristics in surface water using multivariate statistical methods

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 581-592

  Zare Garizi, A ^a   Sheikh, V ^a   Sadoddin, A ^a  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Multivariate analysis of variance; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WATERSHED;

IRAN;

EID: 79958785920     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03326244     Document Type: Article

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