Understanding of groundwater salinity using statistical modeling in a small tropical island, East Malaysia

Sarva Mangala Praveena; Mohd Harun Abdullah; Kawi Bidin; Ahmad Zaharin Aris

Understanding of groundwater salinity using statistical modeling in a small tropical island, East Malaysia

Date

2011

Authors

Sarva Mangala Praveena

Mohd Harun Abdullah

Kawi Bidin

Ahmad Zaharin Aris

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

This paper presents an understanding of groundwater salinity by identification of effective factors using chemometric methods (cluster analysis and multiple linear regressions) in Manukan Island, Sabah. Local groundwater and environmental properties were used to explore the effective factors of groundwater salinity.

Keywords

Groundwater, Salinity, Factors, Chemometric methods

Citation

Praveena, S. M., Abdullah, M. H., Bidin, K., & Aris, A. Z. (2011). Understanding of groundwater salinity using statistical modeling in a small tropical island, East Malaysia. The environmentalist, 31, 279-287.