Research Article

Occurrence, Source, and Mobilization of Iron, Manganese, and Arsenic Pollution in Shallow Aquifer

Table 3

Principal component loading of the analysed parameters in the study area (sorted by size).

ParametersPremonsoon (PRM)ParametersPostmonsoon (POM)
F1F2F3F1F2

DOC0.93-0.23-0.04DOC0.930.25
Mn0.92-0.260.02Mn0.920.17
Fe0.88-0.340.05Fe0.910.27
Turbidity0.88-0.200.15Turbidity0.860.32
EC0.740.33-0.16EC0.82-0.04
As0.590.530.26TH0.65-0.55
TH0.490.80-0.14As0.57-0.41
pH-0.120.080.96pH-0.530.56
Eigenvalue4.271.361.08Eigenvalue4.971.05
% variance53.4116.9613.28% variance62.1514.12

Note: bold values denote strong loading with their respective component numbers.