Assessment of groundwater quality using multivariate statistical techniques in Hashtgerd Plain, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Nosrati, Kazem ^a   van den Eeckhaut, Miet ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Hashtgerd Plain

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EFFECTIVE FACTORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HASHTGERD PLAIN; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; LARGE DATA; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCES; SAMPLING SITE; THREE PARAMETERS; TOTAL VARIANCE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION; MAGNESIUM; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN;

EID: 84855262091     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1092-y     Document Type: Article

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