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Application of Multivariate Statistical Analysis to Identify Water Sources in A Coastal Gold Mine, Shandong, China

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Liu, Guowei, Ma, Fengshan, Liu, Gang, Zhao, Haijun, Guo, Jie, Cao, Jiayuan·2019·Sustainability

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Submarine mine water inrush has become a problem that must be urgently solved in coastal gold mining operations in Shandong, China. Research on water in subway systems introduced classifications for the types of mine groundwater and then established the functions used to identify each type of water sample. We analyzed 31 water samples from −375 m underground using multivariate statistical analysis methods. Cluster analysis combined with principle component analysis and factor analysis divided water samples into two types, with one type being near the F3 fault. Principal component analysis identified four principle components accounting for 91.79% of the total variation. These four principle components represented almost all the information about the water samples, which were then used as clustering variables. A Bayes model created by discriminant analysis demonstrated that water samples could also be divided into two types, which was consistent with the cluster analysis result. The type of water samples could be determined by placing Na+ and CHO3− concentrations of water samples into Bayes functions. The results demonstrated that F3, which is a regional fault and runs across the whole Xishan gold mine, may be the potential channel for water inrush, providing valuable information for predicting the possibility of water inrush and thus reducing the costs of the mining operation.

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Authors
Liu, G., Ma, F., Liu, G., Zhao, H., Guo, J., & Cao, J.
Affiliations
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Ma, Fengshan
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-06-17
Volume
11
Issue
12
Pages
3345
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2952289844
Cited by
26
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2
FWCI
4.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Fengshan Ma (the National Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 41772341))
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Geoscience and Mining Technology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Keywords
mine water inrush, groundwater classification, Bayes discriminant analysis, clustering

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