Title | Geophysical characterization of buried esker aquifers in eastern Ontario |
Author | Pullan, S E; Pugin, A J -M; Hunter, J A; Russell, H A J; Cummings, D I; Sharpe, D R |
Source | Proceedings of the 60th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) and 8th Joint Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC) Groundwater Specialty Conference;
2007 p. 507-514 |
Year | 2007 |
Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20080450 |
Publisher | Canadian Geotechnical Society |
Meeting | OttawaGeo2007: 60th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) and 8th Joint Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC) Groundwater Specialty Conference;
Ottawa, ON; CA; October 21-24, 2007 |
Document | book |
Lang. | English |
Media | CD-ROM |
File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®) |
Province | Ontario |
NTS | 31G/03 |
Area | Embrum; South Nation River; South Nation River Watershed |
Lat/Long WENS | -75.5000 -75.0000 45.2500 45.0000 |
Subjects | hydrogeology; sedimentology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; groundwater; groundwater resources; resource estimation; resource management; groundwater regimes; water utilization; aquifers;
watersheds; glacial landforms; eskers; marine deposits; glacial deposits; muds; sands; gravels; boulders; geophysical surveys; seismic surveys; seismic reflection surveys; seismic profiles; seismic waves; p waves; s waves; sedimentary structures;
boreholes; Champlain Sea Sediments; Vars-Winchester esker; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
Illustrations | sketch maps; digital elevation models; photographs; seismic sections; plots |
Program | South Nation Conservation Authority |
Program | Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario Geological Survey, Funding Program |
Abstract | The surficial deposits of Eastern Ontario include a series of buried and/or confined glacial features, including esker deposits, beneath fine-grained Champlain Sea sediment. Groundwater from these
eskers is the primary municipal drinking water source for a number of towns and villages in the area. Geophysical surveying methods, in particular shallow P- and S-wave seismic reflection profiling, have been extremely successful in locating the
buried esker, and in delineating its subsurface structure and lateral extent. As well, other hydrogeologically important information can be deduced from detailed analyses of the geophysical profiles in combination with groundtruth from cored
stratigraphic boreholes. |
GEOSCAN ID | 226002 |
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