Statistical analysis of the hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in hard and sedimentary aquifers system of Gadilam river basin, South India

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Prasanna, M V ^a   Chidambaram, S ^b   Srinivasamoorthy, K ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Factor analysis; Factor score; Gadilam river basin; Hydrogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954310406     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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