Madhusmita Nayak¹and Rabindra Nath Hota^2*

¹Department of Geology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar – 751 004 (OR), India

²Department of Geology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore-756089(OR), India (*Corresponding Author, E-mail: rnhota@yahoo.com)

Abstract

The hydrogeological parameters, which control the quantity, storage and movement of ground water in the subsurface are of paramount importance and their study has become imperative now-a-days. The present research is concerned with the statistical analysis of hydrogeological parameters like ground slope, thickness of soil zone, pre- and post-monsoon depths of water table, water table fluctuation, porosity, specific yield, specific retention, permeability, static water level, discharge, drawdown, specific capacity index, storativity, hydraulic conductivity, hydraulic diffusivity and transmissivity of the Kantapara block of Cuttack district, Odisha. The univariate, bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques depict both the inter- and intra-parameter as well as sympathetic and antipathic relationships between the hydrogeological parameters.

Keywords: Hydrogeological parameters, Correlation analysis, Factor analysis, Cluster analysis