Application of chemometric analysis for identifying pollution sources: A case study on the River Adyar, India

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1254-1264

  Venugopal, T ^a   Giridharan, L ^a   Jayaprakash, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Factor analysis.

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ADYAR RIVER; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 73249130131     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08178     Document Type: Article

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