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R-mode factor analysis of the recently acquired data on water and sediment chemistry has been performed. Basic chemical parameters have been merged together which aid in interpreting a few empirical geochemical factors controlling the chemical nature of water and sediments of the Gomti River, a major Himalayan tributary of the Ganges drainage basin. Water chemistry seems to be controlled by three factors: bicarbonate, rainfall and silicate and phosphate factors. Sediment chemistry is largely controlled by the following four factors: clay, adsorption/desorption, Fe-Mn hydroxide and mercury factors. These factors show spatial and temporal variability in terms of their R-scores.
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Received: 8 September 1997 · Accepted: 15 December 1997
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Gupta, L., Subramanian, V. Geochemical factors controlling the chemical nature of water and sediments in the Gomti River, India. Environmental Geology 36, 102–108 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050325
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050325