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Citation Ricketts, B D (ed.); 2000; Mapping, geophysics, and groundwater modelling in aquifer delineation, Fraser Lowland and Delta, British Columbia; Natural Resources Canada , Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 552, , doi:10.4095/211545; 131p.
Organization Geological Survey of Canada
URL http://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=211545
Abstract/Description or Keywords The Fraser Lowland Hydrogeology Project (1993-1996) is outlined. A groundwater database has been created that is suitable for scientific research and resource management. With the aid of a geographic information system, the database was used to develop methods for subsurface aquifer mapping, construction of hydrostratigraphic cross-sections and three-dimensional models, and overlaying of geophysical profiles. A major component of the project was the testing of different geophysical methods (high-resolution seismic reflection, ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetism, cone penetrometry), to determine their usefulness for defining hydrostratigraphic architecture and groundwater quality. The groundwater database, aquifer maps, and results from the geophysical surveys were used in preliminary groundwater-flow models.
Information Type Report; mapping
Regional Watershed Lower Fraser
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