| Title | Progressing toward an understanding of groundwater geochemistry of Innisfil Creek watershed, southern Ontario |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Proteau-Bédard, F; Benoit, N; Baudron, P; Post, R; Mills, A |
| Source | Southern Ontario groundwater project 2014-2019: summary report; by Russell, H A J (ed.); Kjarsgaard, B A (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8536, 2020 p. 179-189, https://doi.org/10.4095/321104
 Open Access |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Southern Ontario
groundwater project 2014-2019: summary report |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 30M/13; 31D/04; 31D/05 |
| Area | Innisfil Creek; Nottawasaga Bay |
| Lat/Long WENS | -80.0000 -79.5000 44.3333 43.9500 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; geochemistry; environmental geology; stratigraphy; geochronology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Agriculture; modelling; models; watersheds; groundwater resources;
aquifers; groundwater geochemistry; groundwater flow; water utilization; climate effects; isotopic studies; hydrogen isotopes; oxygen isotopes; carbon isotopes; radioisotopes; radiometric dating; radiocarbon dating; geochemical surveys; major element
geochemistry; water wells; well samples; hydrologic environment; hydrostratigraphic units; lithostratigraphy; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; shales; limestones; postglacial deposits; glacial deposits; moraines; tills; gravels; sands;
muds; glacial features; proglacial lakes; calcium; bicarbonate; sodium chloride; iron; magnesium; sulphate; carbonate; chlorine; Innisfil Creek Watershed; Oak Ridges Moraine; Glacial Lake Algonquin; Newmarket Till; Thorncliffe Formation; Queenston
Formation; Georgian Bay Formation; Blue Mountain Formation; Lindsay Formation; Water supply; glaciolacustrine sediments; Databases; Climate change; Drought; cumulative effects; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Devonian; Silurian; Ordovician;
Cambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; digital elevation models; 3-D models; stratigraphic cross-sections; geoscientific sketch maps; tables; ternary diagrams |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Aquifer Assessment & support to mapping |
| Released | 2020 05 28 |
| Abstract | Groundwater represents an important source of water for agriculture in the Innisfil Creek watershed, southern Ontario, where water vulnerability issues were evident through recent drought conditions.
Uncertainties remain regarding the groundwater flow pattern of the multi-layer aquifer system and further understanding is required to plan for sustainable groundwater use. A hydrogeological study based on geochemistry and isotopes (d2H, d18O,
d13C,14C-DIC, and 226Ra) is being developed to better characterize and quantify recharge, regional flow patterns, and potential inter-aquifer flow. In this paper, we present on work completed in 2018. The study objectives were to gather existing
hydrogeological and geochemical data into a comprehensive database, to analyse the data in order to support targeted additional water sampling, and to develop preliminary interpretations. The ongoing project is now set for the development of an
initial conceptual model based on the geochemical and isotopic interpretations combined with statistical analyses and physical hydrogeology processes observed in the region. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Collection of papers on work completed in the past five years as part of the southern Ontario Groundwater Project. This edited volume is a collection of
currently unreported work. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 321104 |
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