Identifying sources of groundwater contamination in a hard-rock aquifer system using multivariate statistical analyses and GIS-based geostatistical modeling techniques

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-110

  Machiwal, Deepesh ^a   Jha, Madan K ^b  

^a Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination source; Geostatistical modeling; Groundwater quality index; Hard rock aquifer system; Multivariate statistical technique; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941182053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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