Occurrence and Hydrochemical Characteristics of Saline and Salty Springs in the Sichuan Basin of China

Table 5

Correlation matrix of physical and chemical parameters of the saline and salty springs (well) in eastern Sichuan Basin.

Parameter	TDS	pH	T	K	Na	Ca	Mg	Cl	SO4	HCO3
TDS	1.00	0.20	-0.15	0.67	0.82	-0.35	-0.31	0.81	-0.46	0.49
pH		1.00	-0.40	0.32	0.11	0.01	0.02	0.13	-0.11	-0.05
T			1.00	-0.14	-0.27	0.20	0.13	-0.25	0.30	-0.23
K				1.00	0.82	-0.48	-0.53	0.82	-0.71	0.59
Na					1.00	-0.73	-0.71	1.00	-0.86	0.62
Ca						1.00	0.97	-0.74	0.90	-0.54
Mg							1.00	-0.72	0.87	-0.47
Cl								1.00	-0.86	0.63
SO4									1.00	-0.63
HCO3										1.00

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).