Groundwater quality assessment using integrated geochemical methods, multivariate statistical analysis, and geostatistical technique in shallow coastal aquifer of Terengganu, Malaysia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hamzah, Zahidi ^a   Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^b   Ramli, Mohammad Firuz ^b   Juahir, Hafizan ^c   Sheikhy Narany, Tahoora ^b  

^a Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Geochemical analysis; Ionic ratios; Saturation indices; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONFLUENCE; FACIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MALAYSIA; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

ARTOCARPUS ODORATISSIMUS;

EID: 85009973222     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2828-5     Document Type: Article

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