Land use and groundwater quality: the case of Baixo Acaraú Irrigated Perimeter, Brazil Uso da terra e qualidade das águas subterrâneas: caso do Perímetro Irrigado Baixo Acaraú, Brasil

The aim of this work was to identify and to investigate the determining factors of water table quality in the Irrigated Perimeter of Baixo Acaraú, Ceará, Brazil, using factor analysis/principal component analysis (FA/PCA). It was sampled nine shallow wells spread out on two different types of land:...

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Main Authors: Eunice Maia de Andrade, Fernando Bezerra Lopes, Helba Araújo Queiroz Palácio, Deodato do Nascimento Aquino, Deborah Mithya Barros Alexandre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2010-06-01
Series:Revista Ciência Agronômica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902010000200006