Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analyses of arsenic groundwater geochemistry in the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-205

  Jiang, Yuxiao ^a,b   Guo, Huaming ^a,b   Jia, Yongfeng ^a,b   Cao, Yongsheng ^a,b   Hu, Chao ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

As species; Deep aquifers; Dominant factor; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Principal component analysis; Quantitative investigations

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARSENIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; HETAO BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84930762939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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