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>From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Mon Oct  7 00:41 EDT 1996
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 23:29:05 -0500
Message-Id: <199610070429.AA19520@crcnis1.unl.edu>
Subject: SALINITY-L digest 99

Contents:
Introductions ("C.Clifton" <C.Clifton@dce.vic.gov.au>)





Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 14:43:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "C.Clifton" <C.Clifton@dce.vic.gov.au>
Subject: Introductions

Greetings!

My name is Craig Clifton.  I am a research scientist with the Department of 
Natural Resources and Environment, located at Bendigo in Victoria, Australia. I 
work at the Centre for Land Protection Research, the major Victorian government 
research institute that deals with the sustainable dryland agriculture.

For those unfamiliar with Victoria, it is a small, but populus (for Australia) state 
located in the south-east corner of Australia.  We have over 120,000 ha of 
agricultural and urban land affected by dryland salinity.  The area affected is 
expanding, with water tables across large areas of the state continuing to rise at 
rates of 20-30 cm/y.

My interests in salinity are fairly broad, however my research focuses on 
catchment management practices that minimise the risk of dryland salinity.  In 
particular I have carried out research into the water use of trees, pastures and 
crops; considering how factors such as species selection, management and site 
conditions influence plant water use and landscape water balance.  Some of this 
work has involved soil water balance modelling.

I also manage a small research group who are engaged in hydrogeological 
investigations and monitoring related to dryland salinity.

Well that's about it. I look forward to the discussions via the SALINITY-L 
disucssion group.




Craig Clifton

_______________________________________
Centre for Land Protection Research
22 Osborne St
Bendigo Vic 3550
Australia

ph        054 446 777                     fax 054 446 721
mobile 019 957 185

email   c.clifton@dce.vic.gov.au
_______________________________________



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>From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Tue Oct  8 00:41 EDT 1996
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:29:39 -0500
Message-Id: <199610080429.AA13306@crcnis1.unl.edu>
Subject: SALINITY-L digest 100

Contents:
Re:  (Romain Gagnon <RGagnon@smartrain.com>)





Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 15:39:29 -0400
From: Romain Gagnon <RGagnon@smartrain.com>
Subject: Re: 

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you.

Romain Gagnon 


At 23:28 96-10-06 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>My name is Craig Clifton.  I am a research scientist with the Department of 
>Natural Resources and Environment, located at Bendigo in Victoria,
Australia. I 
>work at the Centre for Land Protection Research, the major Victorian
government 
>research institute that deals with the sustainable dryland agriculture.
>
>For those unfamiliar with Victoria, it is a small, but populus (for
Australia) state 
>located in the south-east corner of Australia.  We have over 120,000 ha of 
>agricultural and urban land affected by dryland salinity.  The area
affected is 
>expanding, with water tables across large areas of the state continuing to
rise at 
>rates of 20-30 cm/y.
>
>My interests in salinity are fairly broad, however my research focuses on 
>catchment management practices that minimise the risk of dryland salinity.  In 
>particular I have carried out research into the water use of trees,
pastures and 
>crops; considering how factors such as species selection, management and site 
>conditions influence plant water use and landscape water balance.  Some of
this 
>work has involved soil water balance modelling.
>
>I also manage a small research group who are engaged in hydrogeological 
>investigations and monitoring related to dryland salinity.
>
>Well that's about it. I look forward to the discussions via the SALINITY-L 
>disucssion group.
>
>
>
>
>Craig Clifton
>
>_______________________________________
>Centre for Land Protection Research
>22 Osborne St
>Bendigo Vic 3550
>Australia
>
>ph        054 446 777                     fax 054 446 721
>mobile 019 957 185
>
>email   c.clifton@dce.vic.gov.au
>_______________________________________
>
>
>

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>From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Tue Oct 15 15:07 EDT 1996
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:55:01 -0500
Message-Id: <199610151855.AA23599@crcnis1.unl.edu>
Subject: SALINITY-L digest 101

Contents:
Intro  ("Dr. Jean  Piaget" <henri@ilink.nis.za>)





Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:58:40 GMT
From: "Dr. Jean  Piaget" <henri@ilink.nis.za>
Subject: Intro 

>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:55:27
>To: listserv@unl.edu
>From: "Dr. Jean  Piaget" <henri@ilink.nis.za>
>Subject: Intro 
>
>At 01:06 PM 10/14/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>You have been added to list salinity-l@unl.edu.
>
>Hi All!
>I am a retired soil scientist and had been a specialist irrigation adviser
in the Dept. of Agric. with the Western Cape as my domain.
>I now run a soil, water, & irrigation consultancy from the small town of
Stellenbosch about 50km from CapeTown ( the Olimpic city of 2004? )near the
southern tip of Africa.
>
>I was the first SA soils scientist ,in the early seventies, to take part in
the development together with the introduction and recommendation of
micro-sprinklers to fruit producers in the Cape.  The first to propagate the
planting of vines under plastic mulche,  to schedule irrigation with
tensiometers and to chlorinate micro & drip lines.
>
>More firsts, now in the line of salinity, was the introduction of gypsum
applications as a routine amendment for the reclamation of saline soils, and
its use to improve their infiltration rate when using fresh water, thereby
also destroying the long held myth that such water would be the panacea for
local salinity problems.  Another myth I help dispel was that saline water
in the 80 to 400mSm range was unsuitable for the irrigation of vegetables
grown in sandy soils.
>
>I look forward to reading the List-mail , although I am not very interested
in esoteric hypotheses, I hope  to get along with the exchange of practical
ideas and experiences as I am past the stage of doing research.
>I am also subscribed to Trickle-L, Irrigation-L and Sowacs.
>Greetings, Jean/
>



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>From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Mon Oct 28 11:18 EST 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:05:54 -0600
Message-Id: <199610281605.AA25628@crcnis1.unl.edu>
Subject: SALINITY-L digest 102

Contents:
hello (Hidromecanicas Ltda <hidromec@colomsat.net.co>)





Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:16:11 -0600
From: Hidromecanicas Ltda <hidromec@colomsat.net.co>
Subject: hello



Hello all, my name is Oswaldo Salgado. I'm Agricultural Engineer.
I'm from Santafe de Bogota , Colombia

I'm interested in soil salinity because I need to do my Master Thesis, =
and in my country in a few years soil salinity will be a big problem due =
to heavy  pestice and fertilizer use, as well as the use of industrial =
wastewater for irrigation.

My experience with salinity problems is not enough, I have only taken =
one course on Irrigation Water Quality.

I'm interested in the effect of spatial variation in hydraulic =
conductivity on soil salinity and modeling of that problem.

I'm jus begining to learn about salinization and sodification. I look =
foward to participating in your discussions!!

Bye




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>From root@crcnis1.unl.edu Wed Oct 30 21:26 EST 1996
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:14:13 -0600
Message-Id: <199610310214.AA12890@crcnis1.unl.edu>
Subject: SALINITY-L digest 103

Contents:
getting connected (David Carty <dcarty@kwbes.com>)





Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:05:24 -0600
From: David Carty <dcarty@kwbes.com>
Subject: getting connected

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>My name is David Carty. I'm a Ph.D. Certified Professional Soil Scientist
>(CPSS) soil chemist with K.W. Brown Environmental Services (KWBES), a
>national-scope firm headquartered in College Station, Texas.
>
>I've worked on salt-affected soils in a number of states and am most
>currently the senior author and training presenter of a manual for
>remediating saltwater spills at oilfield exploration and production sites. I
>am also currently the technical coordinator for a multi-county
>grassroots-driven oilfield salt remediation project, and am concurrently
>working on salt-affected soils related to mining operations, leaky pits, etc.
>
>Our philosophy is that for a remediation effort to be successful, it must
>succeed in all aspects, legal, regulatory, community, landowner,
>environmentally, and certainly from chemical, physical, biotic, and
>engineering perspectives. From a technical standpoint, the remediation
>technology must be compatible with the environmental conditions which can be
>enormously different even within a given county, much less state, and on a
>national and international basis. Thus, one must be conversant with a number
>of treatment technologies in order to select the most appropriate for a
>given set of conditions.
>
>Because this problem is of riveting importance to so many stakeholders, I am
>attempting to draw together a group (network) of quickly and easily reached
>dependable cooperators with expertise in various aspects of remediation of
>salt-affected soils. This includes specialists in vegetation, irrigation,
>drainage, erosion control, water rights, hydrology, topsoil rebuilding
>(mulch, manure, etc.), chemical amendments, wetlands, analytical
>laboratories, field equipment, GIS/GPS services, regulatory matters, legal
>issues, earth work, tillage, organic soils, chemical injection and
>subsoiling, fertility, (etc., etc.).
>
>Cooperators I would like to interact with can be from any sector and include
>consultants, regulators, E&P operators, oilfield service organizations,
>environmentalists, forsters, bioremediation specialists, analytical
>laboratories, researchers including academicians, extension specialists, and
>landowners. Vendors with expertise as well as cost-effective salt (and oil)
>remediation products and services are also sought.
>
>In addition to design and execution of remediation of salt-affected soils
>being my primary business interest, it is my academic passion. The database
>required to remediate these soils currently has far too many holes in it and
>it requires the synthesis of a number of disciplines to do the job
>correctly, cost-effectively, and in an environmentally sound manner.
>
>By the time my career is over I would like to have contributed to our
>appreciation, understanding, and efficiency in remediating salt-affected
>soils (particularly of oilfield origin). Two the initial steps are to try to
>create a functional database from existing and new knowledge, and to draw
>together a functional and accessible group of problem-solving and
>service-providing cooperators.
>
>I would be delighted to correspond with anyone interested. My address is
>dcarty@kwbes.com
>
>I hope this wasn't too long - I'm just getting the hang of the internet and
>e-mail. Admonishments and suggestions welcome.
>
>Thanks, Dave Carty  
>
>



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