Subsurface characterization of groundwater contaminated by landfill leachate using microbial community profile data and a nonparametric decision-making process

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pearce, Andrea R ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^a   Mouser, Paula J ^b,c  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA-DRIVEN; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES; GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; GUIDE SELECTION; HIGH DIMENSIONALITY; HYDROCHEMICALS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INPUT VARIABLES; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LONG TERM MONITORING; MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MONITORING WELLS; MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; PROFILE DATA; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SELF ORGANIZING; WATER QUALITY GRADIENTS;

AQUIFERS; BIODIVERSITY; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79959429202     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009992     Document Type: Article

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