Spatio-temporal variations in water quality of Nullah Aik-tributary of the river Chenab, Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 43-59

  Qadir, Abdul ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Husain, Syed Z ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Industrial effluents; Sialkot; Statistical analysis; Surface water pollution; Urban sewage

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE WATER POLLUTION; URBAN SEWAGE;

WATER QUALITY;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SODIUM; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

DATA SET; EFFLUENT; SEWAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PAKISTAN; PH MEASUREMENT; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

PAKISTAN; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41749092320     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9846-4     Document Type: Article

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