Assessing hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in limestone terrain via principal component analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-439

  Mohammadi, Zargham ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrochemical evolution; Iran; Limestone terrain; PCA; Zagros region

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MAIN PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; RECHARGE AREA; STUDY AREAS; SULPHATES; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER SAMPLES; WET SEASON;

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGY; CEMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRITIUM;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFINED AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIEZOMETER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 77955155045     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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