A multivariate statistical approach to identify the spatio-temporal variation of geochemical process in a hard rock aquifer

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Thivya, C ^a   Chidambaram, S ^a   Thilagavathi, R ^a   Prasanna, M V ^b   Singaraja, C ^a,c   Adithya, V S ^a   Nepolian, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c PRESIDENCY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Factor analysis; Hydrogeochemistry; Spatial and temporal variation; Statistics; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL APPROACHES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

WEATHERING;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; RADON 222; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; ION; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; RAIN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOW FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HARD ROCK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; LAND USE; NORTHEAST MONSOON; POSTMONSOON; PREMONSOON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TABLE; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; PH; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER;

INDIA; MADURAI; TAMIL NADU;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; IONS; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; RAIN; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84941277869     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4738-5     Document Type: Article

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