| National_Centre_for_Groundwater_Management,_UTS_(Sydney,_Australia) Consultancy and training in groundwater and environmental applications. Information about courses, distance learning (including online), research and consultancy interests, and links. |
| Organic_Compounds_in_Near_Surface_Environments Describes USGS studies of organic contaminants in groundwater, including landfill leachate and petroleum spills. Focus is on biological and chemical processes that control contaminant fate. |
| PEST_Parameter_Estimation_Groundwater_Modeling_Workshop The Groundwater Resources Association is conducting a workshop "Model Calibration and Predictive Uncertainty Analysis Using PEST" April 19-21, 2004, Santa Ana, CA |
| Publications_of_C__P__Kumar Technical papers of Mr. C. P. Kumar, Scientist, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee - 247667 (Uttaranchal), India. |
| SaltNet__Saltwater_Intrusion_Resources_Network Bibliography, computer codes, directory of researchers, and other information resources related to salt water intrusion into coastal groundwater aquifers. |
| UK_Groundwater_Forum Source of information and a platform for information exchange on groundwater topics in and for the UK. |
| The_University_of_Arizona_Contaminant_Transport_Group Publications lists and other information from the Brusseau research group, which investigates the fate and transport of contaminants in the subsurface. |
| University_of_Birmingham_School_of_Geography,_Earth_&_Environmental_Sciences Hydrogeology research including groundwater resources, numerical modelling, geochemistry, g/w contamination and remediation. Taught programmes include hydrogeology and hydroinformatics MSc courses, CP |
| Water_Framework_Directive_-_Groundwater_Statistics Report from a European Union project to develop statistical methods for data aggregation for assessment of groundwater quality status, including trend assessment. |
| Young-Jin_Kim Describes his research, particularly on preferential flow and its influence to contaminant transport in the vadose zone. |
| African_Writing_Systems An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian). |
| Amanye_Tenceli_The_Writing_Systems_of_Aman Complete descriptions of the Sarati and Tengwar scripts created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his celebrated artificial languages. Also includes fonts and specialized writing programs. |
| Ancient_Mesoamerican_Writing Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites. |
| Ancient_Scripts_of_the_World Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links. |
| Blissymbolics_Resources Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities. |
| C__C__Elian An alternative writing system examplified through art works that are visually similar to Asian and Middle Eastern systems, but based on Western concepts of language as it relates to perception and the |
| Creative_Ideas___Evolutions_in_the_English_Lexicon The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings. |
| Eskaya_Script Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts. |
| Evolution_of_Alphabets Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets. |
| Impact_of_the_Dravidian_Culture_on_the_Writing_Systems_in_India_ A paper which examines the development of scripts in India. |
| Indian_Alphabet_Comparison A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani. |
| Multilingual_Computing Links to sites of interest in multilingual computing and other closely related areas of scripts and languages as well as a guide for finding language fonts on the Internet. |
| Naxi_Dongba_Pictographs_Software Commercial software for writing in Dongba, a pictographic writing system. Also includes some background information on Dongba. |
| The_Numbers_in_Various_Writing_Systems Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign. |
| The_Origin_of_Writing Post-structural analysis of the non-metrical image writing used by the Aboriginal Peoples of North America during pre-Columbian times, a system based upon material production within a visual context. |
| Orthography_Examples Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system. |
| A_Philippine_Leaf A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines. |
| A_Short_Presentation_and_Overview_of_the_Rune_alphabet,_the_Futhark Contains a good discussion of the changes in the Norse Runic alphabet (the Futhark) over time. |
| A_Study_of_Chinese_Writing_Systems Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography . |
| Symbols Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms. More than 2,500 signs, from ideograms to graffiti, arranged into groups according to their graphic characteristics. Their histories, uses, and meanings. |
| Truetype_fonts_by_Curtis_Clark Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets. |
| World_Writing_Systems Features linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms, social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies. |
| The_Bauu_Institute Specialises in social science research, publishing, and other needs; offering services in research, database design and maintenance, graphic design, GIS mapping, and other areas for the social science |
| Institute_for_Social_and_Economic_Research_and_Policy_(ISERP)_at_Columbia_University Columbia University, NY,USA. Information on centers, projects, seed grants, workshops, events, and research fellows at the Institute. |
| Ivo_Pilar_Institute_of_Social_Sciences Information about the institute, governance, activities and emloyees. Zagreb, Croatia. |
| Max_Planck_Institute_for_Human_Development A multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to the study of processes of human development and education and their evolutionary, social, historical, and institutional contexts. Features news, pub |
| Scottish_Centre_for_Research_on_Social_Justice The Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice [SCRSJ] is based jointly at the University of Glasgow's Urban Studies Department and the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research at the Univer |
| Stanford_IIS_Initiative_on_Distance_Learning Program created by the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University to promote the development of social science in post-Communist countries. |
| Österreichische_Kulturdokumentation A non-university institute for applied cultural research and cultural documentation based in Vienna. Site provides selected publications in PDF, links for current projects, and event information, as w |
| The_Annual_R&M_Symposium_(RAMS) Annual reliability and maintainability conference. Includes a message from the chair, on-line registration, and a program brochure. |
Research
Group Leaders
David
W. Blowes
Professor
Department
of Earth Sciences
University
of Waterloo
Canada
Research Chair
in
Groundwater Remediation
Ph.D.
University of Waterloo, 1990
Carol
J. Ptacek
Professor
Department
of Earth Sciences
University
of Waterloo
Ph.D.
University of Waterloo, 1992
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TO AREAS OF
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Mine
Waste
Geochemistry
Permeable
Reactive
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