Characterization and evaluation of the factors affecting the geochemistry of groundwater in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 855-867

  Jayaprakash, M ^a   Giridharan, L ^a   Venugopal, T ^a   Krishna Kumar, S P ^a   Periakali, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater chemistry; Multivariate statistical analysis; R mode factor analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; R-MODE FACTOR ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NEYVELI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 43349090806     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0868-6     Document Type: Article

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