Assessment of groundwater water quality in central and southern Gulf Coast aquifer, TX using principal component analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2653-2671

  Uddameri, Venkatesh ^a   Honnungar, Vivekanand ^b   Hernandez, E Annette ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Groundwater age; Statistical analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; FLUORIDE MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIC STRENGTH; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION VARIATION; EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER AGES; RIVERS AND STREAMS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND SURFACE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; WATER QUALITY;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897638874     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2896-8     Document Type: Article

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