<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><article><front><Journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>CWE/806/2017</journal-id><journal-title >Current World Environment</journal-title><issn pub-type='PPub'>0973-4929</issn><issn pub-type='ePub'>2320-8031</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher-name></publisher></Journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type='other'>CWE--32-00</article-id><title-group><article-title>Cluster and Factor Analysis of Groundwater in Mafraq Area, Jordan</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type='author'><name><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name><xref ref-type='aff' rid='aff00'><sup></sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id='aff001'><sup>1</sup><instname>Faculty of Science Yarmouk University</instname>,<deptname>Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences</deptname>, <instcountry>Jordan</instcountry>.</aff><pub-date pub-type='ppub'><publicationDate>2015-08-31</publicationDate></pub-date><doi>10.12944/CWE.10.2.06</doi><volume>Volume 10</volume><issue>Volume 10</issue><page>422-431</page><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p>&lt;p&gt;Cluster and Factor analysis were performed on 55 well representative groundwater samples taken from Water Authority open files and samples during 2011. A total of 12 water variables data including, Na, Ca, K, Mg, CI, HCO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, SO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; and NO3 beside to chemical analysis like TC, TDS and PH were analyzed. The study finds that there are 2 factor&amp;nbsp; model variation : factor one include concentration of Na , k, Mg ,Cl , EC, TDS ,NO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; ,HCO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, Ca and SO&lt;sub&gt;4 ,&lt;/sub&gt;where as factor 2 includes TC and PH . These 2 factor explains 79.8% of the total groundwater quality variation. A two main hydrochemical groups were demonstrated using Q- mode cluster analysis , the first group shows the similarity between&lt;sub&gt;, &lt;/sub&gt;K, Mg, NO&lt;sub&gt;3 &lt;/sub&gt;and Na ,which probably represent the effects of weathering of the rich feldspare and mica , in addition to agriculture fertilizers. The second cluster is Cl and HCO&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; dominated but also contains low concentration of SO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Groundwater</kwd><kwd> Jordan</kwd><kwd> Factor analysis</kwd><kwd> Hydro geochemistry</kwd><kwd> Cluster analysis</kwd></kwd-group><counts><ref-count count='' /><page-count count='' /></counts></article-meta></front></article>