Applying multivariate statistics for identification of groundwater resources and qualities in NW Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Everest, Timuçin ^a   Özcan, Hasan ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hierarchical cluster analyses; Interpretation; Lithology; Quality; Water origins

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROCK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY (BIRD); WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 85059497874     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-7165-6     Document Type: Article

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