| Title | Detecting groundwater storage change using micro-gravity survey in Waterloo Moraine |
| Author | Liard, J; Huang, J; Silliker, J; Jobin, D; Wang, S; Doherty, A |
| Source | Geohydro 2011, proceedings of the joint meeting of the Canadian Quaternary Association and the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists; 2011 p. 1-6 |
| Links | Online -
En ligne (Full program/Programme complet, PDF 150 MB)
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| Year | 2011 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20120451 |
| Publisher | Canadian Quaternary Association |
| Meeting | Geohydro 2011, Joint meeting of the CANQUA and International Association of Hydrogeologists; Quebec City; CA; August 28-31, 2011 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| Related | This publication is related to Liard, J; Huang, J; Silliker,
J; Jobin, D; Wang, S; Doherty, A; (2011). Detecting groundwater storage change using micro-gravity survey in Waterloo Moraine, Geohydro 2011, Joint meeting of the Canadian Quaternary Association and the Canadian Chapter of the International
Association of Hydrogeologists, abstracts |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 40P/01; 40P/02; 40P/07; 40P/10 |
| Area | Kitchener; Waterloo |
| Lat/Long WENS | -81.0000 -80.2500 43.7500 43.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; hydrogeology; geophysics; aquifers; groundwater; groundwater resources; groundwater regimes; gravity surveys; gravity interpretations; glacial landforms; moraines;
Waterloo Moraine; global positioning system |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; plots |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience,
Aquifer Assessment & support to mapping |
| Abstract | Micro-gravity surveying based on recent absolute and relative gravimetry technology has been used to detect groundwater storage change through measuring in-situ spatiotemporal gravity change worldwide
for decades. The 1 to 5 parts per billion of the Earth's gravity attraction is detectable, which is equivalent to the attraction of a water mass slab of 2.4 - 12 cm in thickness. With all the standard geophysical effects accurately corrected for, the
resulting gravity changes can primarily reflect local and regional total water mass storage changes. To derive groundwater storage change, surface water and soil moisture storage changes are also required by hydrological methods to separate the
groundwater change from the total water mass change at the final step.
In the development of micro-gravity technology for aquifer mapping activity in Canada, two epochs of a pilot gravity survey were conducted in the Waterloo Moraine during the
periods of May 10 - 18 and August 23 - September 2 2010, respectively. The same 85 field stations were occupied each time. A reference station was established in the University of Waterloo using an absolute gravimeter. Two relative gravity meters and
two GPS receivers were used for the surveys. Soil moisture data were also collected by Agriculture Canada in coordination with the gravity surveys.
In this paper, we will report the field plan, gravity and GPS survey, data processing and analysis
of the two Waterloo gravity campaigns. We will also present preliminary results, conclusions and a future activity plan. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 292380 |
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