| Titre | Detailed measured sections, bedrock aquifer/aquitard facies and potential bedrock aquifer systems of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Nanaimo Lowland, eastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
Canada |
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| Auteur | Hamblin, A P |
| Source | Commission géologique du Canada, Dossier public 7849, 2015, 45p., https://doi.org/10.4095/296979  Accès ouvert |
| Année | 2015 |
| Éditeur | Ressources naturelles Canada |
| Document | dossier public |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4095/296979 |
| Media | en ligne; numérique |
| Liens | readme
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| Formats | pdf; rtf |
| Province | Colombie-Britannique |
| SNRC | 92B/13; 92F/01; 92F/08; 92G/04 |
| Région | Nanaimo Lowlands; Nanaimo; Parksville; Mill Bay; Deep Bay; Ladysmith; Île de Vancouver |
| Lat/Long OENS | -124.6667 -123.5000 49.5000 48.7500 |
| Sujets | Crétacé supérieur; eau souterraine; ressources en eau souterraine; régimes des eaux souterraines; aquifères du substratum rocheux; aquifères; milieu sédimentaire; antecedents de sedimentation; cadre
tectonique; roches sédimentaires; grès; conglomérats; Groupe de Nanaimo ; Formation de Comox ; Formation d'Haslam ; Formation d'Extension ; Formation de Pender ; Formation de Protection ; Formation de Cedar District ; Formation de de Courcy ;
Formation de Northumberland ; Formation de Geoffrey ; Formation de Spray ; Formation de Gabriola ; hydrogéologie; sédimentologie; Mésozoïque; Crétacé |
| Illustrations | cartes de localisation; coupes transversales; échelles stratigraphiques; photographies; graphiques en étoile |
| Programme | Géoscience des eaux souterraines , Aquifer Assessment & support to mapping |
| Diffusé | 2015 11 18 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Rapid population growth and expanding commercial developments are, and will continue to, put pressure on the limited groundwater resources of the Nanaimo
Lowland. This study focused on the characterization of the bedrock aquifer potential of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group as a likely target of importance. This unit is a thick succession of 11 intertonguing sandstone-dominated and shaledominated
formations, of which only the lower 8 are present in the defined study area. The field study on eastern Vancouver Island incorporated observations from 61 surface outcrops and 1 subsurface core, comprising a total of 2480 m of measured section from
all 8 formations in order to qualitatively evaluate the aquifer potential of these rocks. The Nanaimo Group displays a prominent regional-scale stratigraphic architecture of alternating coarse-grained (potential regional aquifer zones) and
fine-grained (potential regional aquitard zones) units.
The irregular basal unconformity surface, with fracturing, high relief and weathered regolith forms a significantly-enhanced regional aquifer zone in the subsurface, and a recharge zone at
surface. The overlying sandstone-and conglomerate-dominated formations (Comox, Extension, Protection, De Courcy) each represent regional aquifer zones with significant groundwater potential, whereas the intertonguing shale-dominated formations
(Haslam, Pender, Cedar District, Northumberland) each represent regional aquitard zones with significant sealing potential. These alternating units are interpreted to compose a series of 3 stacked regional Bedrock Aquifer Systems. The Lower Aquifer
System (up to 200 m thick and heavily fractured) comprises the extensive basal unconformity plus the lower Comox coarse-grained sandstone and conglomerate fluvial facies plus the upper Comox fine- to medium-grained sandstone shoreline facies. These
deposits are overlain by the Haslam Formation shale, up to 200 m thick, which forms a Regional Aquitard Zone and renders this System the highest potential for both subsurface aquifer storage which underlies the entire field area, and for surface
recharge where it outcrops in the west. The Medial Aquifer System (up to 600 m thick) comprises a combination of Extension Formation conglomerate and coarse sandstone facies plus Pender Formation interbedded sandstone and siltstone plus Protection
Formation medium- to coarse-grained sandstone. These units are overlain by the Cedar District shale, up to 300 m thick, which forms a Regional Aquitard Zone that seals this very thick, but heterogeneous, significant Aquifer System which underlies
most of the eastern part of the study area. The Upper Aquifer System (up to 300 m thick) encompasses the De Courcy Formation coarse-grained sandstone which is locally overlain by the Northumberland shale (only 50-100 m thick in the study area) and
forms a local potential aquifer zone in one specific area. However, the De Courcy is the only aquifer unit for which we have actual subsurface core data (sandstone secondary porosity ranges 2-10%, av. 6.8%, permeability ranges 3-105 mD, av. 24 mD)
and therefore provides a crucial analogy for the likely characteristics of the others. Additionally, fracture-related porosity and permeability are undoubtedly important in the subsurface setting, but have not yet been adequately studied. |
| Sommaire | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié)
La croissance rapide de la population et l'expansion de développement commercial ajoutent de la pression sur les ressources en eaux souterraines
limitées de la région. Cette étude se concentre sur la caractérisation du potentiel aquifère des formations rocheuses du Groupe de Nanaimo comme une cible probable. Observations géologiques sur les affleurements et sur des carottes de forage
suggèrent que ces roches comprennent une suite d'alternances de couches à grain grossier (aquifères potentiels) et de couches à grains fins (aquitards potentiels), à condition que les conditions de porosité et de perméabilité soient appropriées (y
compris la fracturation). Les roches offrant des caractéristiques similaires peuvent être organisées en trois grandes unités facilement identifiables et cartographiables comme aquifères potentiels dont l¿unité inférieure possèderait le plus grand
potentiel, compte tenu de son étendu et de sa grande densité de fissures. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296979 |
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