Land use effects in groundwater composition of an alluvial aquifer (Trussu River, Brazil) by multivariate techniques

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-177

  de Andrade, Eunice Maia ^a   Palácio, Helba Araújo Queiroz ^b   Souza, Ivam Holanda ^b   de Oliveira Leão, Raimundo Alípio ^a   Guerreiro, Maria João ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Escola Agrícola Federal de Iguatu   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alluvial; Cluster analysis; Pollution; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; CEARA; IGUATU; SOUTH AMERICA; TRUSSU RIVER;

EID: 38549158059     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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