Using GIS and spatially linked multivariable statistics as a hypotheses generating tool in forensic geochemistry: An example from the Neponset River Watershed

Dan Brabander, Geosciences Alden Griffith, Environmental Studies

Massachusetts

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Spatial distribution of elements Zn, Pb, Cr, Cu in surface sediment samples of the Neponset River Watershed

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Factory Pond

Upper Forge Pond

Lower Forge Pond

Bolivar Pond

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East Branch

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Integrating Historical Land Use

Conceptual framework for generating hypotheses

Within-sample correlations Spaital correlations