Use of hierarchical cluster analysis to assess the representativeness of a baseline groundwater quality monitoring network: Comparison of New Zealand's national and regional groundwater monitoring programs

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-200

  Daughney, Christopher J ^a   Raiber, Matthias ^b   Moreau Fournier, Magali ^a   Morgenstern, Uwe ^a   van der Raaij, Rob ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater monitoring; Groundwater statistics; Hydrochemistry; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84922684567     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0786-2     Document Type: Article

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