Survey Metadata

Well water

Quebec

1978

Groundwater sampling survey, NTS 21N/7, 10, 15, 22B/5, 6, 11-14 and 22C/1, 2, 7-9, Bas St-Laurent area, Quebec, 1978.





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“Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles”

Survey Description


In the fall of 1978, a groundwater sampling survey from domestic wells was conducted by Forage et Sondage national company.  The area covers 14,000 km2.  A total of 3812 samples were collected at an average density of 1 sample per 2.5 km2.  Samples were analysed for:

 

Element Dissolution Technique
Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Zn, Ca, Fe, Mg, Na   atomic absorption (AAS)
K   flame emission
As   hydride generation (HG-AAS)
F, Cl, pH   specific electrode

 

The data are published in Open File DV 83-07, Department of Energy and Resources, 1984.  Raw data and sample sites are published in Open File DV 83-08.

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Lalonde, J.-P., Pelletier, M., Chouinard, N. (1984). Atlas géochimique des eaux souterraines de la région du Bas St-Laurent, Québec. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Document divers DV 83-07, 338 p., 2 cartes. ( more)
2 Lalonde, J.-P., Pelletier, M., Chouinard, N. (1984). Données brutes de l'échantillonnage des eaux souterraines du Bas St-Laurent, Québec. Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Document divers DV 83-08, 169 p., 3 cartes. ( more)

Project History

Index Year Project
1 1973-1981 Stream sediment, soil, groundwater sampling surveys, Bas St-Laurent area, Quebec, 1973-1981. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
47.25° 49° -69° -67°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

  • Covers NTS 21N/7 (Lac-Baker), /10 (Cabano), /15 (Squatec), 22B/5 (Lac-Humqui), /6 (Causapscal), /11 (St-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney), /12 (Sayabec), /13 (Matane), /14 (Ste-Félicité) and 22C/1 (Lac Prime), /2 (Lac des Baies), /7 (Rimouski), /8 (Sainte-Blandine), /9 (Mont-Joli).  The Bas-Saint-Laurent area includes the Matane, Rimouski, Matapédia and Témiscouata regions.  It is limited to the north by the St. Lawrence River.  It is bounded by latitudes 47°15' and 49° and longitudes 67° and 69°.

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