Evaluation of the influence of natural and antrhopogenic processes on water quality in Karstic region

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2157-2168

  Calijuri, Maria Lúcia ^a   Do Couto, Eduardo De Aguiar ^b   Santiago, Aníbal Da Fonseca ^a   Camargo, Rodrigo De Arruda ^a   E Silva, Marcos D F M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Campus Viçosa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Karst of Lagoa Santa; Karstic environments; Multivariate statistics; Pollution; Surface and groundwater quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPIC ACTIVITY; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; INTEGRATED EFFECTS; KARST OF LAGOA SANTA; KARSTIC; MICROBIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY; MONITORING LOCATIONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAMPLING POINTS; TOTAL VARIATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; LAGOA SANTA; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 84862189586     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1012-5     Document Type: Article

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