Assessment of deep groundwater quality in kathmandu valley using multivariate statistical techniques

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Chapagain, Saroj Kumar ^a   Pandey, Vishnu P ^a   Shrestha, Sangam ^b   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Kazama, Futaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Correlation; Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Kathmandu Valley

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FACTORS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DEEP WELLS; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; KATHMANDU; MONSOON SEASON; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC MATTER; PRE-MONSOON; SAMPLING LOCATION; TOTAL VARIANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 77953619917     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0249-8     Document Type: Article

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