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14 - Civil and Construction Engineering
University of Strathclyde
Multivariate statistical methods for the environmental forensic classification of coal tars from former manufactured gas plants
This paper along with a second on "ultra-resolution chemical fingerprinting of DNAPLs were awarded by UK Industry the ‘Best Scientific or Verification Advancement’ in 2012 (http://www.brownfieldbriefing.com/) . The paper showed that multivariate statistical analysis was able to identify the source of coal tars in the ground up to 100 years, including ability to predict the processes used to create unknown samples. The new statistical methods were applied in Africa by Australian scientists to discriminate human health impact from mining in Zambia (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.03.011, http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1491&cookieConsent=A).