Multivariate Geostatistïcal Analysis of Ground‐Water Contamination: A Case History
作者:
Jonathan D. Istok,
Jeffrey D. Smyth,
Alan L. Flint,
期刊:
Groundwater
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 1
页码: 63-74
ISSN:0017-467X
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6584.1993.tb00829.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractA case history is presented for the application of multivariate geostatistical methods to the problem of estimating pesticide concentrations in ground water from measured concentrations of nitrate and pesticide, when pesticide is under‐sampled. The shallow, poorly confined, sand and gravel aquifer underlying the lower Malheur River basin near Ontario, Oregon is contaminated by nitrate and metabolites of the herbicide Dacthal (dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate) or DCPA. The results of extensive ground‐water sampling indicate that a significant positive correlation exists between measured nitrate and DCPA concentrations in the aquifer. This suggests that future sampling should include a large number of the less‐expensive nitrate analyses, and these data should be used to support the interpretation of fewer, more expensive DCPA analyses. Sample variograms were computed for nitrate and DCPA concentrations and were fit with isotropic, spherical variogram models with correlation ranges of 4 km. Incorporating measured nitrate concentrations in the DCPA estimates obtained by cokriging reduced estimation variances from 14 to 34%. A simple economic analysis demonstrated that for this aquifer, acquiring additional nitrate samples is a cost‐effective way to reduce estimation variances f
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