Identifying the hydrochemical characteristics of rivers and groundwater by multivariate statistical analysis in the Sanjiang Plain, China

Applied Water Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 169-178

  Cao, Yingjie ^a,b   Tang, Changyuan ^a,b   Song, Xianfang ^c   Liu, Changming ^c   Zhang, Yinghua ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Hydrochemistry; The Sanjiang Plain

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CONTROLLING PROCESS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FACTORS ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICALS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; THE SANJIANG PLAIN;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; SANJIANG PLAIN;

EID: 85002659132     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-014-0215-5     Document Type: Article

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