Multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation of surface water quality of the Himalayan foothills streams, Pakistan

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2817-2830

  Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Hashmi, Muhammad Zaffar ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Multivariate techniques; Pakistan; Temporal spatial variations; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEAVY METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING;

METAL CONTAMINATION; MONSOON SEASON; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; PAKISTAN; SEASONAL TRENDS; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; TEMPORAL–SPATIAL VARIATION;

WATER QUALITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 85047179635     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-017-0532-6     Document Type: Article

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