Appraisal of salinity and fluoride in a semi-arid region of India using statistical and multivariate techniques

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 643-655

  Mor, Suman ^a   Singh, Surender ^b   Yadav, Poonam ^b   Rani, Versha ^b   Rani, Pushpa ^b   Sheoran, Monika ^b   Singh, Gurmeet ^c   Ravindra, Khaiwal ^d  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological best use; Factor analysis; Fluoride; Groundwater; Hydro geochemistry; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; STANDARD; WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 71249149592     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9222-5     Document Type: Article

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