Component

Communalities

1

2

3

4

Extraction

pH

0.037

-0.230

0.885^*

0.087

0.844

TDS

0.968^*

-0.112

0.091

-0.003

0.957

EC

0.959^*

-0.083

0.156

0.012

0.952

Cl^-

-0.583^*

0.763^*

-0.126

-0.132

0.955

Na⁺

0.725^*

0.094

0.613^*

-0.104

0.921

SO^-2₄

-0.548^*

0.775^*

0.086

-0.111

0.92

F^-

0.373

-0.053

0.897^*

-0.056

0.95

Ca²⁺

-0.205

0.889^*

-0.299

-0.022

0.923

K⁺

0.134

0.870^*

-0.234

-0.183

0.862

CO₂

0.952^*

-0.174

-0.111

0.111

0.961

H₂CO₃

0.219

0.204

-0.555^*

-0.543

0.693

HCO^-₃

0.943^*

-0.184

-0.077

0.056

0.932

CO⁼₃

0.139

-0.168

0.254

0.904^*

0.93

H₂S

0.063

-0.045

-0.185

0.902^*

0.854

NH^-₄

0.370

0.440

-0.728^*

-0.094

0.869

Probable Process

Electrical conductivity

Water salinity

Water alkalinity

Carbonate equilibrium with exogenic pH control