Determination of processes affecting groundwater quality in the coastal aquifer beneath Puri city India: A multivariate statistical approach

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 809-817

  Mohapatra, P K ^a   Vijay, R ^b   Pujari, P R ^b   Sundaray, S K ^c   Mohanty, B P ^d  

^a Orissa Water Supply and Sewerage Board   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Multivariate statistical analysis; Principal component analysis; Puri city

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PURI CITY;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON EMISSION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ION EXCHANGE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEPTIC TANKS; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; FERRIC ION; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM ION; SULFATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL AQUIFER; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; REDUCTION; RESPIRATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SANITATION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATION EXCHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; INDIA; IRON REDUCTION; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SEASHORE; SEPTIC TANK; SUMMER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

INDIA; ORISSA; PURI;

EID: 80052043204     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.605     Document Type: Article

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