Processes Governing Alkaline Groundwater Chemistry within a Fractured Rock (Ophiolitic Mélange) Aquifer Underlying a Seasonally Inhabited Headwater Area in the Aladağlar Range (Adana, Turkey)
Table 4
Factor loadings for groundwater samples () of the Kızılgedik area collected during dry and wet seasons. Significant loadings (>0.700) are in bold and underlined (rotation method: varimax raw; extraction method: principal components).
Parameters
Communality
Factor 1
Factor 2
Factor 3
Factor 4
Ca2+
0.835
−0.854
−0.192
−0.190
−0.183
Mg2+
0.934
0.277
0.150
0.913
0.025
Na+
0.851
0.137
−0.036
0.533
0.740
Cl−
0.695
0.199
−0.220
−0.311
0.714
0.914
−0.411
−0.101
0.853
−0.079
0.814
0.163
0.142
−0.068
0.873
Si
0.785
−0.817
−0.062
0.335
0.043
Al
0.870
0.012
0.926
−0.107
−0.000
Fe
0.857
0.138
0.909
0.101
0.032
Mn
0.862
0.146
0.766
0.504
0.021
Ni
0.694
−0.331
0.746
−0.141
−0.091
Sr
0.913
−0.901
0.135
−0.089
−0.274
Eigenvalue
3.321
3.077
2.261
1.364
Cumulative eigenvalue
3.321
6.398
8.659
10.023
Explained variance (%)
27.68
25.64
18.84
11.36
Cumulative % of variance
27.68
53.32
72.16
83.52
The proportion of a variable’s variance explained by the factor structure.
