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Peter J. Parsons: pioneer of contaminant hydrogeology

Peter J. Parsons: pionnier de l’hydrogéologie des contaminants

Peter J. Parsons: un pionero en la hidrogeología de contaminantes

Peter J. Parsons:污染水文地质学的先驱

Peter J. Parsons: pioneiro da hidrogeologia de contaminantes

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Acknowledgements

Gordon L. Parsons has kindly provided the authors with details of his father’s life, along with the photograph in Fig. 1. W.F. (Bill) Merritt has provided additional details on Peter Parsons’ work at Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories. We appreciate the approval and cooperation of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in the publication of this paper. AECL has supported the efforts to make available electronic copies of Parsons’ elegant and timeless reports.

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  1. S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., 90 Frobisher Dr., Unit 2B, Waterloo, ON, N2V 2A1, Canada

    Christopher J. Neville

  2. Geofirma Engineering Ltd., 11 Venus Cr, Heidelberg, ON, N0B 2M1, Canada

    Richard E. Jackson

  3. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories (retired), Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada

    R. W. Doug Killey

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Neville, C.J., Jackson, R.E. & Doug Killey, R.W. Peter J. Parsons: pioneer of contaminant hydrogeology. Hydrogeol J 26, 665–672 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-017-1715-9

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