Geochemical characterization of an abandoned mine site: A combined positive matrix factorization and GIS approach compared with principal component analysis

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-37

  Comero, Sara ^a,b   Servida, Diego ^a   De Capitani, Luisa ^a   Gawlik, Bernd Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine; Gromo (Lombardy, Italy); Kriging; Positive matrix factorization; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED SITES; DATA SETS; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GROMO (LOMBARDY, ITALY); KRIGING; METAL CONTENT; ORE MINERALIZATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRE-TREATMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SOIL SAMPLE;

ABANDONED MINES; CADMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; ABANDONED MINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; MINE WASTE; MINERALIZATION; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

ITALY; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84862304341     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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