Metadata: Piezometric Surface, Groundwater Geoscience Program

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Abstract

Level below which soil or rock is saturated with water, in the well and at the time the level has been measured, expressed in m above the sea level. Groundwater levels measured are interpolated / extrapolated to obtain groundwater level on every cell of the hydrogeological unit raster. Surfer and ArcGis are the software usually used to create groundwater level raster. The dataset designates a raster with a groundwater level, for each cell of the hydrogeological unit.

Status:

underDevelopment

Title

Piezometric Surface, Groundwater Geoscience Program

Date

2016-03-31 ( register

publication)

Date

2014-07-25 ( register

creation)

Edition

Edition date

Citation group

principalInvestigator

Name

Alfonso Rivera

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec

Position

Information

Address	Delivery 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 alfonso.rivera@canada.ca
Telephone
Online Resource

Citation group

originator

Name

Eric Boisvert

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec

Position

Information

Address	Delivery 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 eric.boisvert2@canada.ca
Telephone	voice; 1 (418) 6543705
Online Resource

Citation group

custodian

Name

Francois Letourneau

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec

Position

Information

Address	Delivery 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
Telephone	voice; 1 (418) 6543826
Online Resource

Citation group

pointOfContact

Name

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada

Position

Information

Address	Delivery point : City : Administrative region : Postal code : Country : Email nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
Telephone
Online Resource

Presentation form

mapDigital

Goals

This map was created to provide a regional frame of the groundwater level, represented as a raster.

Keyword(s)

Spatial representation	vector
Resolution	1000000
Language	eng; CAN
Language	fra; CAN
Character encoding	utf8
Thematic category	geoscientificInformation
Extent	-144.000000000,41.000000000;-52.000000000,84.000000000
Supplemental information

Distribution

Specific information related to data distribution

Format
Name	SQL
Version	not applicable

Distributor

Contact

distributor

Name

Eric Boisvert

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec

Position

Information

Address	Delivery 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 eric.boisvert2@canada.ca
Telephone	voice; 1 (418) 6543705
Online Resource

Distributor

Contact

pointOfContact

Name

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada

Position

Information

Address	Delivery point : City : Administrative region : Postal code : Country : Email nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
Telephone
Online Resource

Transfer options

Quality

Quality description scope : register

series

Lineage

Message Date lineage
Lineage is the description of the sources and steps used to create the current dataset.

Introduction
General processes Creation of piezometric surface dataset for Milk River Creation of piezometric surface dataset for Milk River Groundwater Piezometry raster creation - Nanaimo

Process step

Sources

The datasets were extracted from all projects constituting this series.

Groundwater mapping projects.

The piezometric surfaces were compiled and converted to dataset except MIRTAP data, which were collected on the field. They were then converted into piezometric contours, joining the same piezometric surface with a line. Some groundwater path directions were taken from the literature. The other directions were drawn perpendicular to the piezometric contour with consideration for the hydrogeologic context.

Levings GW, 1982. Potentiometric-surface map of water in the Eagle Sandstone and equivalent units in the Northern Great Plains area of Montana. United States Geological Survey. Precise date temporal extent is unknown; however the starting date is before 1982.

Meyboom P, 1960. Geology and groundwater resources of the Milk River sandstone in southern Alberta. Research Council of Alberta. Precise date temporal extent is unknown; however the starting date is before 1960.

MiRTAP, 2014. Geochemical data collected during fieldwork in this study (Milk River Transboundary Aquifer project), as presented in this open file. Precise date temporal extent is unknown; however the starting date is before 2014.

Tuck LK, 1993. Reconnaissance of geology and water resources along the north flank of the Sweet Grass Hills, north-central Montana. U.S. Geological Survey.  Precise date temporal extent is unknown; however the starting date is before 1993.

Zimmerman E., 1967. Water resources of the Cut Bank area, Glacier and Toole Counties, Montana. Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Precise date temporal extent is unknown; however the starting date is before 1967.

The bedrock and Quadra piezometry maps (.mxd) were exported under png format and georeferenced. The images were georeferenced using the « Georeferencing » toolbar in ArcGis, referencing the georeferencing on the study area shapefile. To bring the images roughly in the right location, a ""fit to display"" was applied. The images were then projected using the tool ""Project"".

Benoit, N. and Paradis, D., 2015. Three dimensional groundwater flow model of the Nanoose-Deep Bay area, Nanaimo Lowland, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7845, 1 zip file. doi:10.4095/297046

Technical details and constraints

File identifier	d330f080-2613-84f8-254e-620ed5fdf855
Language	eng; CAN
Character encoding	utf8
Hierarchical classification	series
Date	2017-04-07
Metadata standard	North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Version	CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
Constraints
Update frequency	asNeeded

Regionalisation

Metadata are available in those languages (You can use language menu item in the top menu bar to switch language):

Language code	Pays	Encodage
French	Canada	utf8

Geographic Reference System

Reference System code	EPSG:4326
Register	http://www.epsg-registry.org/
Version	6.14

Metadata Contact

author

Name

Francois Letourneau

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada - GSC Quebec

Position

Information

Address	Delivery 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
Telephone	voice; 1 (418) 6543826
Online Resource

pointOfContact

Name

Organisation

Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Geological Survey of Canada

Position

Information

Address	Delivery point : City : Administrative region : Postal code : Country : Email nrcan.gsc-geosciencedata-donneesgeoscience-cgc.rncan@canada.ca
Telephone
Online Resource