Mega-scale groundwater systems

超大型地下水系统

• 批准号: 418377-2012
• 负责人: Gleeson, Tom
• 金额: $ 0.06万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=551380
• 关键词: Mega; scale; groundwater; systems

Groundwater is a crucial life-sustaining resource that supplies water to ~10 million Canadians, surface waters and ecosystems. I examine groundwater systems at regional (10s km) to continental (1000s km) scales, which I refer to as 'mega-scale'. Examining mega-scale groundwater systems is rare yet essential for a number of important fundamental and applied problems have emerged in the geoscience and engineering communities. These problems include the distribution of permeability in the earth, the nature of the water table and the potential for groundwater discharge to buffer ocean acidification.

地下水是维持生命的重要资源，为约 1000 万加拿大人、地表水和生态系统供水。我研究了区域（10 公里）到大陆（1000 公里）尺度的地下水系统，我将其称为“巨型尺度”。检查大型地下水系统很少见，但对于地球科学和工程界出现的许多重要的基础和应用问题至关重要。这些问题包括地球渗透性的分布、地下水位的性质以及地下水排放缓冲海洋酸化的潜力。