Geographically weighted principal component analysis for characterising the spatial heterogeneity and connectivity of soil heavy metals in Kumasi, Ghana

The use of principal component analysis (PCA) for soil heavy metals characterization provides useful information for decision making and policies regarding the potential sources of soil contamination. However, the concentration of heavy metal pollutants is spatially heterogeneous. Accounting for suc...

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Main Authors: Eric N. Aidoo, Simon K. Appiah, Gaston E. Awashie, Alexander Boateng, Godfred Darko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021021423