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Multivariate water quality assessment from the Tamiraparani river basin, Southern India

Authors: P. Kumarasamy, R. Arthur James, Hans-Uwe Dahms, Chan-Woo Byeon, R. Ramesh

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 5/2014

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The hydrochemistry of a perennial river has been investigated with multivariate cluster analysis (CA) and principal component analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA). The aim was to investigate parameters responsible for spatial and temporal variations of river water quality. Water quality was monitored along the river basin at 20 different sites over a period of 1 year from July, 2008 to June, 2009. Multivariate statistics revealed that Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, HCO₃ ⁻, Cl⁻, H₄SiO₄, SO₄ ²⁻, NO₂ ⁻, and PO₄ ³⁻ were influenced by seasonal and spatial variations and that water quality was in the first place determined more by natural weathering processes than by anthropogenic activities. We could prove by (a) Box and Whisker plot, (b) matrix scatter score mean plot, (c) ternary plot, and (d) Gibbs plot that the chemistry of river water is controlled by lithogenic weathering processes. The higher concentration of dissolved silica during summer and the pre-monsoon season is explained by natural and tropical climatic conditions of the environment.

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Title: Multivariate water quality assessment from the Tamiraparani river basin, Southern India
Authors: P. Kumarasamy
R. Arthur James
Hans-Uwe Dahms
Chan-Woo Byeon
R. Ramesh
Publication date: 01-03-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2644-0

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