Interpretation of groundwater quality using principal component analysis from Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-259

  Subba Rao, Nandipati ^a   Devadas, D John ^a   Srinivasa Rao, Kandula V ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRACKISH WATER; GROUNDWATER CONTROL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845502284     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.02090504043     Document Type: Article

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