Hydrogeochemical characterization of major factors affecting the quality of shallow groundwater in the coastal area at Kimje in South Korea

Multivariate statistical analysis to ide

Multivariate statistical analysis to identify the major factors governing groundwater quality in the coastal area of Kimje, South Korea

✍ Ji-Hoon Kim; Rak-Hyeon Kim; Jeongho Lee; Tae-Jin Cheong; Byoung-Woo Yum; Ho-Wan 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 245 KB

## Abstract The main purpose of this study is to identify the major factors affecting groundwater quality by means of multivariate statistical analysis of the physico‐chemical compositions. Cluster analysis results show that the groundwater in the study area is classified into four groups (A, B, C