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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GROUNDWATER RESEARCH GROUP
Research Facilities and Equipment The groundwater research group is based on the Scarborough Campus but interacts strongly and effectively with the Department of Geology and Institute for Environmental Studies on the St. George Campus. The group has developed considerably in recent years and has become well equipped for a wide range of field and laboratory oriented research (Research Papers). Field equipment includes: * a 4-wheel drive Suburban truck; * a Mineral Logging Systems (MLS) MX35 geophysical and fluid well logging system designed for geological, hydrogeological and mineral applications to a depth of 1000m (sondes include short and long normal E-logs, single point resistance, S.P., gamma, slim-line gamma, gamma-gamma, caliper, fluid temperature, and fluid resistivity); equipment is fully digitized and is supported with VIEWLOG software. * a trailer-mounted power auger; * soil augers; * water level tapes, borehole samplers, pumps and sample filtration equipment; * portable conductance, pH and specific ion meters; *
pressure transducers and multi-channel data loggers; The laboratory research facilities are primarily designed for chemical studies and include: * an AA/Emission spectrophotometer; * a UV/visual recording spectrophotometer; * an automated selective ion analyzer with electrodes; *
a scintillation counter for radio-active tracer studies (shared with Life
Sciences); For hydrophysical and contaminant flow experiments the hydrogeological laboratory supports an aquifer simulation tank with manometers and peristaltic pumps, soil columns, and a range of soil permeameters. To support the research operation the group maintains a facility for numerical modelling and GIS analysis. The facility is fully equipped with scanners, digitizers, laser printers and a large-scale colour plotter. The system is fully linked to the internet. Laptop computers are available for field work. Most of the machines are Windows based and run a wide range of software including MS OFFICE PROFESSIONAL 2007, ADOBE ACROBAT 9.1, AISUWRS UGROW (includes standalone finite element groundwater flow model), DHI-WASY FEFLOW 6 FM3 (DHI-WASY), Visual MODFLOW Professional 2010.1 with SEAWAT4.0, ArcGIS 9.3, SWS AquaChem 5.1, SPSS Statistics 17.0, SWS Hydro GeoAnalyst 2010.1, DHI Mike-software. Graduate students since 1990 include: 1988-92:
Scott MacRitchie (M.Sc.) , Dept. Geology/I.E.S. 1988-93:
Mark Jensen (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1989-92:
Elizabeth Mullings (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1990-93:
Steve Livingstone (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1990-91:
Joe Arengi (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1991-
: Richard Taylor (Ph.D.) . Dept. Geology. 1991-94
: Rick Gerber (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1991-94:
Philip Smart (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology. 1994-98:
Rick Gerber (Ph.D.) Dept. Geology. 1998-00:
Geoffrey Mowatt (M.Sc.) Dept. Geology. Information
on Graduate and Undergraduate Courses can be found HERE Graduate study can be conducted wither through the Department of Geology at the University of Toronto, or through Environmental Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough. To obtain information on applying for graduate study in Hydrogeology at the University of Toronto, enquiries should be directed either to: Department of Geology, or Julie Quenneville
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