Identification of groundwater contamination zones and its sources by using multivariate statistical approach in Thirumanimuthar sub-basin, Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1783-1795

  Vasanthavigar, M ^a   Srinivasamoorthy, K ^b   Prasanna, M V ^c  

^a ADHIPARASAKTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Electrical conductivity; Pollution sources; Spatial distribution; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEWAGE; SILICATES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES; POLLUTION SOURCES;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION; LANDFILL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RETURN PERIOD; SILICATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; THIRUMANIMUTHAR BASIN;

EID: 84874351813     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1868-8     Document Type: Article

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