Assessment and Management of Ganga River Water Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Techniques in India

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 61-69

  Kumar, Pradip ^a   Kaushal, Rajendra Kumar ^a   Nigam, Anjani K ^a  

^a BUNDELKHAND INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; Ganga river basin; principal component analysis; water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000692237     PISSN: 09729860     EISSN: 18758568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AJW-150018     Document Type: Article

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