Using spatial statistics to identify the uranium hotspot in groundwater in the mid-eastern Gangetic plain, India

Deepak Kumar1, Anshuman Singh1, Rishi Kumar Jha2, Sunil Kumar Sahoo3, Vivekanand Jha3
1Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, 800005, India
2Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, 800005, India
3Environmental Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India

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