Hydrochemical evolution and groundwater flow processes in the galilee and eromanga basins, great artesian Basin, Australia: A multivariate statistical approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 411-426

  Moya, Claudio E ^a   Raiber, Matthias ^b   Taulis, Mauricio ^a   Cox, Malcolm E ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer connectivity; Eromanga basin; Galilee basin; Gas; Great artesian basin; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Multivariate statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL DEPOSITS; GASES; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; SODIUM;

ARTESIAN; EROMANGA BASIN; GALILEE BASIN; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; EROMANGA BASIN; GALILEE BASIN; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

GROUND WATER;

ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84917694476     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.099     Document Type: Article

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