Factor analysis applied to a geochemical study of soils from parts of Medak and Sangareddy areas, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 139-152

  Dantu, Sujatha ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Baseline concentrations; Factor analysis; Heavy and trace metals; Medak; Sangareddy

Indexed keywords

ANDHRA PRADESH; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BASELINE CONCENTRATION; COMMON SOURCE; DATA VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGENIC; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL GROWTH; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL COMPOSITION; SOIL SAMPLE; TOTAL VARIANCE; TRACE METAL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL ANALYSIS; RUBIDIUM; SMELTING; SODIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; TRACE METAL;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE SOIL;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GEOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 76449120762     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0782-3     Document Type: Article

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