Characterization of deep aquifer dynamics using principal component analysis of sequential multilevel data

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 761-771

  Kurtzman, D ^a   Netzer, L ^b   Weisbrod, N ^b   Nasser, A ^a   Graber, E R ^a   Ronen, D ^b,c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER DYNAMICS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED SITES; DEEP WELLS; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MAJOR IONS; MULTILEVEL DATA; OBSERVATION WELLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; TEL AVIV , ISRAEL; VERTICAL FLOWS; WATERBODIES;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84858729141     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-761-2012     Document Type: Article

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