| Titre | The Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program: northeastern Ontario pilot project |
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| Auteur | Dell, K M |
| Source | Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: An Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario Geoscientists Open House; par Russell, H A J ; Ford, D; Holysh, S; Priebe, E H; Commission géologique du
Canada, Dossier public 8528, 2019 p. 10, https://doi.org/10.4095/313579  Accès ouvert |
| Année | 2019 |
| Séries alt. | Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6349 |
| Éditeur | Ressources naturelles Canada |
| Éditeur | Gouvernement de l'Ontario |
| Réunion | Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: Open House; Guelph; CA; février 27-28, 2019 |
| Document | dossier public |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.4095/313579 |
| Media | en ligne; numérique |
| Référence reliée | Cette publication est contenue dans Regional-Scale Groundwater Geoscience in Southern Ontario: An Ontario Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, and Conservation Ontario Geoscientists Open House |
| Formats | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| SNRC | 31M; 40O; 40P; 41A; 41B; 41G; 41H; 41I; 41J; 41K |
| Région | Sudbury; Lac Huron; Manitoulin Island; North Bay |
| Lat/Long OENS | -85.0000 -79.0000 47.0000 43.0000 |
| Sujets | eau souterraine; ressources en eau souterraine; écoulement de la nappe d'eau souterraine; géochimie des eaux souterraines; aquifères; pollution de l'eau souterraine; substances polluantes; roches hôtes;
géologie du substratum rocheux; lithologie; sediments; argiles; épaisseur de la couverture meuble; radioactivité; radionucléïdes; radon; etudes isotopiques; isotopes d'hydrogène; isotopes d'oxygène; potassium; puits d'eau; échantillons de sondage;
qualité de l'eau; géochimie de l'uranium; métaux; bactéries; azote; tritium; géochimie du cobalt; géochimie de l'arsenic; géochimie du plomb; géochimie du cuivre; géochimie du calcium; géochimie du potassium; géochimie du chlore; géochimie du brome;
géochimie du lithium; géochimie du fluor; régions émettrices; saumure; Bouclier Canadien; Province de Southern ; Supergroupe Huronien; Bassin de Sudbury ; Province de Grenville; hydrogéologie; géochimie; géologie régional; géologie des dépôts
meubles/géomorphologie; géologie de l'environnement; Précambrien |
| Diffusé | 2019 02 08 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
A northern Ontario component of the Ambient Groundwater Geochemistry Program (AGGP) was initiated to determine if the methods employed in this project in
southern Ontario could be successful in delineating the effect of Precambrian host rock lithology on groundwater chemistry. This third season of the AGGP in northern Ontario was completed in 2018 in the North Bay area and follows two others in 2016
in Sudbury and 2017 along the north shore of Lake Huron and Manitoulin Island. Together, they provide a broad band of samples across north central Ontario at a relatively uniform density. In total, 105 overburden and 337 bedrock wells were sampled
and analyzed for metals, anions, bacteria, nitrogen parameters, tritium, ?2H and ?18O, and radionuclides. With the 2018 project in North Bay, a sufficient sample density and distribution exists to create a detailed characterization of groundwater
trends across northeastern Ontario. This poster illustrates some of the regional trends and groundwater characteristics observed in the northern Ontario AGGP data thus far.
Our preliminary interpretation suggests that groundwater geochemistry is
influenced by host lithology, hydrogeological flow conditions, drift thickness and drift composition. The Precambrian geologic province from which the groundwater originates may be a factor controlling certain regional variations in groundwater
chemistry that have been observed. Samples collected from Southern Province rocks of the Huronian Supergroup and the Sudbury Basin show relatively high Co, As, Pb and Cu concentrations versus the Grenville Province. However, preliminary
interpretation of some parameters also reveals anomalies coincident with surficial geologic features. In the North Bay area, wells completed in bedrock with overlying Pleistocene clay yield groundwater with higher concentrations of TKN and NH4. These
may have originated from the overlying clays because of breakdown of proteinaceous organic matter within the clay. Areas with overlying clay units also have higher gross beta concentrations which may be caused by an enrichment of the naturally
occurring 40K isotope in the clays.
Ratios of Cl-Br show a subset of samples with a measurable influence from deep brine water and another subset where surface contamination is indicated; either from road salt or septic sources. Groundwater
samples indicating brine mixing have higher Li, Ca, F- and Br- concentrations suggesting longer residence times in the aquifer; and this is supported by lower average tritium (half life = 12.3 years) content. Preliminary interpretation of the 2016
and 2017 data indicate that radon in water is controlled by availability of uranium in the host aquifer. Uranium concentrations, on the other had, are controlled by redox conditions and ion complexing and may not have a strong relationship with
uranium concentration in the rocks. Future work will seek to further characterize the controls on groundwater chemistry, employing tools such as multivariant analysis and sulphur and strontium isotopes to trace the sources of solutes. |
| Sommaire | (Résumé en langage clair et simple, non publié)
Volume des résumés pour la Commission géologique de l'Ontario et la commission geologique du Canada géoscience des eaux souterraines de la CGC
portes ouvertes avec conservation Ontario. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 313579 |
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