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Table 2 Factor analysis of geochemical dataset and extraction of three factors with eigenvalues > 1

From: Provenance of terrigenous sediments in the central Bay of Bengal and its relationship to climate changes since 25 ka

	F1	F2	F3
Eigen value	4.06	4.00	1.39
% variance	40.60	30.95	13.87
Al	0.94	− 0.12	0.01
K	0.94	0.03	− 0.02
Fe	0.93	0.17	0.07
Mg	0.77	0.50	0.03
Ca	− 0.05	0.99	− 0.04
Si	− 0.53	− 0.77	− 0.24
Ti	0.43	− 0.73	− 0.28
P	0.46	0.66	0.15
Mn	− 0.07	0.08	0.95
Na	0.39	0.55	0.56

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