Impact of anthropogenic and natural processes on the evolution of groundwater chemistry in a rapidly urbanized coastal area, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-221

  Huang, Guanxing ^a   Sun, Jichao ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Chen, Zongyu ^a   Liu, Fan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Groundwater chemistry; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Natural processes; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NATURAL PROCESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POSITIVE IONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEWAGE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; CALCIUM ION; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINE INTRUSION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NATURAL PROCESSES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CITIES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84879725994     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.078     Document Type: Article

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