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Apr 26, 2012
Karst Hydrogeology and the Nature of Reality Revisited: Philosophical Musings of a Less Frustrated Curmudgeon
Publication: Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst
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This talk is an update of an address presented seventeen years ago at a similar meeting (Alexander, 1988) and builds on the common experience base of the participants at this Convention to address the following questions. Why do so many geoengineers and hydrogeologists in North America know so little about karst? Why do travesties such as the Walkerton Investigation (Worthington, 2005) happen in the 21st century?
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Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst
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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Geology & Geophysics Department, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219. E-mail: [email protected]
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