Metadata: Nanaimo Lowlands Hydrogeological Units

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Abstract

This dataset shows the hydrostratigraphic units of the Nanaimo Lowland aquifer, British Columbia. The study area is from Nanoose Bay to Deep Bay, designating a low relief coastal strip along the southeastern part of Vancouver Island, BC. The hydrostratigraphic units were defined using the relation between geology and hydrogeological properties of materials that compose the aquifer system. The aquifer system is composed of 9 hydrostratigraphic units: 1) Capilano-Salish; 2) Capilano; 3) Vashon-Capilano; 4) Vashon; 5) Quadra; 6) Cowichan-Dashwood; 7) Dashwood-Mapleguard; 8) Bedrock - Lower Nanaimo Group and; 9) Bedrock - Metamorphic and Intrusive Basement.
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TitleNanaimo Lowlands Hydrogeological Units
Date2016-03-31 (register publication)
Date2016-02-03 (register revision)
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register principalInvestigator
NameNicolas Benoît
OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec
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AddressDelivery point : 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage
City : Québec Québec
Administrative region : Québec Québec
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Country : Canada Canada
Email nicolas.benoit@canada.ca
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NameNicolas Benoît
OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec
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AddressDelivery point : 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage
City : Québec Québec
Administrative region : Québec Québec
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Country : Canada Canada
Email nicolas.benoit@canada.ca
Telephonetelephone voice; 1 (418) 6543646
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NameFrancois Letourneau
OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec
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AddressDelivery point : 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage
City : Québec Québec
Administrative region : Québec Québec
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Country : Canada Canada
Email francois.letourneau@canada.ca
Telephonetelephone voice; 1 (418) 6543826
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This map was created to provide a regional frame of the spatial distribution of the hydrostratigraphic units and hydrogeological contexts within Nanaimo Lowland area.

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NameEric Boisvert
OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec
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AddressDelivery point : 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage
City : Québec Québec
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Email eric.boisvert2@canada.ca
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Introduction
Hydrostratigraphic units and hydrogeologic contexts shapefile creation Hydrostratigraphic units and hydrogeologic contexts shapefile creation
Process step Sources
The original datasets show a shapefile for the bedrock and a raster for each hydrostratigraphic unit. The raster was converted into vector, using the ""Raster to polygon"" conversion tool. If the raster was floating point file type, the ""Int"" tool was used to convert the floating point raster to an integer value. The raster can then be converted into polygons. The polygons were aggregate using the tool ""aggregate polygons"" with an aggregation distance of 50 m. The polygons considered as unnecessary (mainly one pixel isolated polygons) were selected by their area and erased of the attribute table. The polygons contours were generalized using the ""smooth polygon"" tool with PAEK algorithm and a smoothing tolerance of 200 m. After the files process to obtain hydrogeologic contexts, all the shapefiles obtained: hydrostratigraphic units (7); bedrock (1) and hydrogeologic contexts (4) were combine in one shapefile, using the merge tool. The identification of each polygon was done in the attribute table.
Benoit, N., Paradis, D., Bednarski, J.M., Hamblin, T., and Russell, H.A.J., 2015. Three dimensional hydrostratigraphic model of the Nanoose-Deep Bay area, Nanaimo Lowland, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7796, 1 .zip file. doi:10.4095/296302
The hydrogeologic contexts were presented by an image (Fi.8 of the cited article). First, the image was georeferenced with a shapefile of the study area delimitation. The image was georeferenced using the « Georeferencing » toolbar in ArcGis. To bring the image roughly in the right location, a ""fit to display"" was applied. Three control points were then created to perfectlty overstrike the image and the study area shapefile. To do so, the « add control points » tool was used. The study area shapefile was duplicated by exporting data. The hydrogeologic contexts were then defined using the ""cut polygons"" tool on the study area duplicate shapefile. Each hydrogeologic context was identified in the attribute table. After the files process to obtain hydrostratigraphic units shapefiles, all the shapefiles obtained: hydrostratigraphic units (7); bedrock (1) and hydrogeologic contexts (4) were combine into one, using the merge tool. The identification of each polygon was done in the attribute table.
Benoit, N., Paradis, D., Bednarski, J.M., Hamblin, T., and Russell, H.A.J., 2015. Three dimensional hydrostratigraphic model of the Nanoose-Deep Bay area, Nanaimo Lowland, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7796, 1 .zip file. doi:10.4095/296302


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File identifierfefec7a1-091c-6c6e-9521-e0623797edd7
Languageeng; CAN
Character encodingregister utf8
Hierarchical classificationregister dataset
Date2017-04-18
Metadata standardNorth American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
VersionCAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
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register author
NameFrancois Letourneau
OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec
Position
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AddressDelivery point : 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage 490, rue de la Couronne, 3e étage
City : Québec Québec
Administrative region : Québec Québec
Postal code :
Country : Canada Canada
Email francois.letourneau@canada.ca
Telephonetelephone voice; 1 (418) 6543826
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OrganisationGovernment of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada
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AddressDelivery point :
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Email nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
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