Table 9.

Varimax rotated factor loadings of heavy metals in sediments of from Pulicat Lake to Vadanemmeli, Chennai coast.

Variables	Factor-1	Factor-2
Mg	−0.0292	0.514
Al	0.4543	0.858
K	−0.1332	0.899
Ca	0.4310	0.738
Ti	0.9808	0.035
Fe	0.9892	0.135
V	0.9711	0.004
Cr	0.9609	−0.066
Mn	0.9754	0.157
Co	0.9871	0.138
Ni	0.7384	0.335
Zn	0.6996	0.240
% of variance explained	59.81	21.60