Magnetic parameters, trace elements, and multivariate statistical studies of river sediments from southeastern India: A case study from the Vellar River

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-310

  Chaparro, Marcos A E ^a   Chaparro, Mauro A E ^a   Rajkumar, P ^b   Ramasamy, V ^c   Sinito, Ana M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b PAAVAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Fuzzy C means clustering method; Magnetic susceptibility; Pollution; River sediments

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; BACKGROUND VALUE; BAY OF BENGAL; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; FERRIMAGNETIC MINERALS; FINER GRAINS; FOUR-GROUP; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MAGNETIC STUDIES; NEW STUDY; PEARSON CORRELATION; POLLUTION LOADS; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STATISTICAL STUDY; SUB-SAMPLES; TAMIL NADU STATE; TOTAL LENGTH; TRACE ELEMENT DETERMINATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU; VELLAR RIVER;

EID: 79955058370     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0704-2     Document Type: Article

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