Assessment of Water Quality in the Elbe River at Flood Water Conditions Based on Cluster Analysis, Principle Components Analysis, and Source Apportionment

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 373-380

  Baborowski, Martina ^a   Simeonov, Vasil ^b   Einax, Jürgen W ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Heavy metals; Large river; Pollution transport; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ELBE BASIN;

EID: 84859576495     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100085     Document Type: Article

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