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| Reference : Classification of groundwater samples in wetlands using selforganizing maps |
| Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book | |||
| Engineering, computing & technology : Geological, petroleum & mining engineering | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/3408 | |||
| Classification of groundwater samples in wetlands using selforganizing maps | |
| English | |
| Peeters, Luk [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Geologie-Geografie > Hydrogeologie en Ingenieursgeologie > >] | |
Dassargues, Alain  [Université de Liège - ULg > Département Argenco : Secteur GEO3 > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement >] | |
| 2006 | |
| Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources: S10 Use of multiple sources in conditioning/calibrating groundwater flow and transport models | |
| Stauffer, Fr | |
| Dassargues, Alain | |
| S10-09 | |
| International | |
| IAMG 2006: XIth International Congress of the Int. Assoc. for Mathematical Geology | |
| 3-8 septembre 2006 | |
| ULg | |
| Liège | |
| Belgium | |
| [en] hydrogeochemistry ; Self-organizing maps ; groundwater ; wetlands | |
| [en] Groundwater chemistry in groundwater-fed wetlands often is the result of
mixing of discharging groundwater and rainfall in combination with chemical reactions altering the chemical composition, mostly due to changes in redox conditions. In this study, a Self-Organizing Map is used to classify chemical groundwater samples of three groundwaterfed wetlands in Belgium in order to identify the origin of groundwater and to deduce redox conditions in the wetlands. The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) algorithm is an unsupervised neural network technique to represent a multidimensional dataset on a two-dimensional grid in a topology-preserving way, allowing investigation of non-linear, complex relationships between variables and grouping of the data (Kohonen, 1995). The SOM is trained with data from a regional groundwater monitoring network and rainfall data. The resulting SOM is able to distinguish between samples of different origin or redox conditions within the regional aquifers. Subsequently, samples of the three wetlands are shown to the SOM and each sample is classified as having a chemical composition comparable to rainfall or to one of the regional aquifers. | |
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| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/3408 |
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