Impact of human activity and natural processes on groundwater arsenic in an urbanized area (South China) using multivariate statistical techniques

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Guanxing ^a   Chen, Zongyu ^a   Liu, Fan ^a   Sun, Jichao ^a   Wang, Jincui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Multivariate statistical techniques; Natural processes; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; RIVER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CHINA; CITIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84940290300     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3269-x     Document Type: Article

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