Principal component analysis and hydrochemical facies characterization to evaluate groundwater quality in Varahi river basin, Karnataka state, India

P. Ravikumar1, R.K. Somashekar1
1Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 560056, India

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