title: Sea water contamination in underground waters of salento (Southern Italy).
abstract: In the present work, a study of a physico-chemical characterisation of underground waters, utilised for agriculture and human use in the Lecce district (Southern Italy) has been reported. The aim of the work has been to define the quality of underground waters in the different areas and to value salt contamination due to seawater intrusion. Statistical techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis (CA), have been utilised to examine the correlations among the different parameters and to define contamination areas. The results have shown a high salt contamination in artesian wells of the Ionian Sea coast.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, University of Lecce, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buccolieri
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cardellicchio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Atti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strisciullo
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D007558:Italy; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012623:Seawater; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride