Hydrogeochemical processes in the groundwater environment of Muktsar, Punjab: Conventional graphical and multivariate statistical approach

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 873-884

  Kumar, Manish ^a,b   Kumari, Kalpana ^a   Singh, Umesh Kumar ^a   Ramanathan, Al ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Ion exchange; Punjab; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; FACE RECOGNITION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HARDNESS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; LEACHING; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SILICATES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GRAPHICAL PLOTS; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENTS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROCHEMICAL DATUM; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; IONIC CONSTITUENTS; KEY FACTORS; LEACHING PROCESS; MULTI-VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; POST MONSOONS; PRE MONSOONS; PUNJAB; PUNJAB , INDIA; SILICATE WEATHERINGS; STUDY AREAS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTS; WATER TYPES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MONSOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MUKTSAR; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62549150804     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1367-0     Document Type: Article

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