Abstract
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Highlights
The processes influencing groundwater hydrochemistry are multivariate in nature and have the potential to vary widely in space and/or time
More than 50% of the data on Electrical Conductivity (EC) are below the mean, suggesting that the sources of the extremely high EC values are discrete in space and are probably associated with certain lithologies and /or anthropogenic impacts which are dispersed in space
The salinity of groundwater increases as it evolves from the recharge type waters through the intermediate type Na-HCO3 waters to the discharge type Na-Cl waters in the northern parts of the basin
Summary
The processes influencing groundwater hydrochemistry are multivariate in nature and have the potential to vary widely in space and/or time. Studies of these processes necessarily require the application of methodologies which are multivariate in nature. This is one of the reasons why multivariate statistical analyses have gained familiarity in hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry during the past decade. Multivariate statistical methods have been used to identify major hydrochemical types in regional groundwater systems and to identify and highlight
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