A multivariate statistical approaches on physicochemical characteristics of ground water in and around Nagapattinam district, Cauvery deltaic region of Tamil Nadu, India

Earth Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Venkatramanan, S ^a,b   Chung, S Y ^a   Ramkumar, T ^b   Gnanachandrasamy, G ^b   Vasudevan, S ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Factor and cluster analyses; Ground water quality; Ground water suitability; Multivariate statistical analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899701758     PISSN: 17946190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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