| Title | Highlights of OGS-GSC collaboration on regional groundwater studies: 2017-2018 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Russell, H A J ;
Dyer, R D |
| Source | Regional-scale groundwater geoscience in southern Ontario: an Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario geoscientists open house; by Russell, H A J; Ford, D; Priebe, E H; Holysh, S; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8363,
2018 p. 37, https://doi.org/10.4095/306571  Open
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| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: Open House; Guelph; CA; February 28 - March 1, 2018 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Regional-scale groundwater
geoscience in southern Ontario: an Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario geoscientists open house |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 30; 31B; 31C; 31D; 31E; 31G; 40; 41A; 41G; 41H/03; 41H/04; 41H/05; 41H/06; 41H/12; 41H/13 |
| Area | Southern Ontario; Eastern Ontario; Great Lakes; Dundas Valley; Brantford; London; Innisfil Creek; Vars; Winchester |
| Lat/Long WENS | -84.0000 -74.0000 46.0000 41.5000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; regional geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; soils science; environmental geology; geophysics; geochemistry; mathematical and computational geology; stratigraphy; groundwater;
aquifers; groundwater resources; resource management; modelling; surface waters; lakes; water quality; ecosystems; geophysical surveys; seismic reflection surveys; electrical resistivity; resistivity surveys; boreholes; geophysical logging; soils;
soil moisture; remote sensing; satellite imagery; radar imagery; glacial deposits; glacial landforms; eskers; hydraulic analyses; geostatistics; watersheds; groundwater geochemistry; pore water samples; aquifers; water wells; hydrostratigraphic
units; Newmarket Till; Vars-Winchester Esker; Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network (PGMN); Sustainable development; Water quantity; monitoring |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Aquifer Assessment & support to mapping |
| Released | 2018 02 16 |
| Abstract | The Ontario Geological Survey and Geological Survey of Canada groundwater collaboration in Southern Ontario is finishing the fourth year of a five year project cycle ending March 31st 2019. Following
earlier updates on work completed this summary will be provided under five principal themes.
1. Framework for Sustainable Groundwater Use: The 3D bedrock modelling activity has developed the 5th iteration of the formation level working model.
Final QA/QC is being completed during the winter of 2018. An animation on the salient features of the model and viewing options was published. The surficial modelling work has been delayed due to efforts on the bedrock model; however progress is
underway and iterative QA/QC on a preliminary 8 layer model is progressing.
2. Supporting Great Lakes Water Accords: Work has advanced on development of a conceptual framework for evaluating groundwater - surface water interactions and impacts on
the quality and quantity of water and ecosystems. A contract was awarded for a fully coupled regional numeric groundwater - surface-water "proof-of-concept" model for southern Ontario in the Hydrogeosphere modelling environment.
3. Methods
Development for Regional Groundwater Studies: Methods are being advanced through analysis of seismic reflection data processing, and downhole geophysics. A new initiative this year was preliminary work with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance tools. Progress
continues on regional methods for soil moisture studies using RadarSat II and SMOS. Work was initiated on a hydrogeophysical study over part of the Vars-Winchester esker to explore the potential extrapolation of hydraulic parameters using
high-resolution multi-component seismic data and electrical resistivity data.
4. Case Studies: Data collection has been completed in a number of areas. Sample analysis for the chemostratigraphic framework using samples from continuous core has
been expanded to include Dundas Valley, Brantford, and London. A geostatistical approach is being applied to develop a hydraulic parameter estimation for a 3D model of the Innisfil Creek sub-watershed. Characterization of Newmarket Till cementation
is ongoing and is being supplemented by porewater chemistry analysis. A range of data consolidation work has been advanced on GSC, OGS datasets and technical reports related to municipal wells and aquifers contributed by conservation authorities.
Work is ongoing on the hydrostratigraphic classification of wells within the PGMN with most monitors screened in surficial deposits having received a preliminary classification.
5. Science and Technology Exchange: Manuscript submission is
finished for a special issue of Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences with 8 published articles and 3 manuscripts in review. Project results are available via OGS - GSC publication streams, conference proceedings, and journal publications. Three
overview documents on bedrock modelling, chemostratigraphy, and data consolidation were published in the Ontario Geological Survey Report of Field Work and Other Activities for 2017. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Proceedings for a workshop in Guelph Ontario as part of the program S&T exchange. Abstracts have been contributed by Ontario Geological Survey, Ministry
of Environment and Climate Change, Conservation Authorities, Universities, private sector, and Unites States Geological Survey. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306571 |
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