Publication Date:
2023-12-31
Description:
Groundwater ecosystems are globally widespread yet still poorly understood. We therefore investigated contextual and environmental data characterizing 138 groundwater samples from Canadian groundwater ecosystems. The chemical, physical, gas, isotopic, and microbiological measurements were taken from aquifers in the Canadian Prairie between 2015 and 2020. The study area comprised 14 major aquifers and a geographic area of ~210.000 km2. The goal of the study was to understand the links between the biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of groundwater ecosystems in diverse geological settings on a broad spatial scale. Details concerning methods, results and conclusions can be found in the associated publication by Ruff et al. 2023.
Keywords:
3H Tritium age dating; Accession number, genetics; Age, 14C AMS; Age, 14C AMS, Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS); Age, category; Age, dated; Age, dated, uncertainty; Age, groundwater; Age, groundwater, uncertainty; Alkalinity, total; Ammonia; aquifer; Aquifer, location; Aquifer type; Basin; Bicarbonate ion; biogeochemistry; Calcium, dissolved; Calculated; Canadian Prairie; Carbon-14, modern; Carbon-14, modern, error; Carbon dioxide; Cell; Cell counts, standard deviation; Cell counts, standard error; Cell pellet, color; Cell pellet, consistency; Cell pellet, size; Cells, total; Chloride; communities; Conductivity, specific; DATE/TIME; Depth, description; Depth, sampling; Depth, well; DNA concentration; ELEVATION; Ethane; Event label; Field measurement; Fluoride; Formation; Fraction modern carbon; Fraction modern carbon, error; Gas dryness; GOWN_Airdrie; GOWN_Barons; GOWN_Barrhead; GOWN_Beaverlodge; GOWN_Bigstone; GOWN_Buck_Deep; GOWN_Buck_Lake; GOWN_Canmore; GOWN_Canmore_Tourist; GOWN_Carmangay; GOWN_Carseland; GOWN_Cavendish; GOWN_Cluny_North; GOWN_Cluny_South; GOWN_Cochrane_Deep; GOWN_Cochrane_Shallow; GOWN_Crestomere; GOWN_Crossfield; GOWN_Cushing_Lake; GOWN_Cynthia; GOWN_Del_Bonita; GOWN_Devon_Botanical; GOWN_Devon_Botanical_Garden; GOWN_Dewberry; GOWN_Duvernay; GOWN_Elnora; GOWN_Elnora_6; GOWN_Fairview; GOWN_Ferintosh; GOWN_Forty_Mile_Coulee; GOWN_Gem_66_7; GOWN_Grimshaw_Mercier; GOWN_Grimshaw_Nissan; GOWN_Hamilin; GOWN_Hand_Hills; GOWN_Hardisty; GOWN_Hardisty_Airport; GOWN_Hays_East; GOWN_Irricana; GOWN_Kehiwin_Lake; GOWN_KEHO_Lake; GOWN_Kirkpatrick; GOWN_Leedale_Deep; GOWN_Leedale_Shallow; GOWN_Lloydminster; GOWN_McNally; GOWN_Meander_River; GOWN_Medicine_Hat; GOWN_Metiskow; GOWN_Milk_River; GOWN_Ministik; GOWN_Moose_Lake; GOWN_Morningside; GOWN_Okotoks_N; GOWN_Oldman_Dam; GOWN_Olds; GOWN_Orton; GOWN_Pakowi; GOWN_Pine_Lake; GOWN_Ponoka; GOWN_Raven; GOWN_Redlands; GOWN_Rich_Lake; GOWN_Rocky_Mt._House; GOWN_Rockyford; GOWN_Rollyview; GOWN_Rosebud; GOWN_Ross_Creek; GOWN_Sibbald; GOWN_Sion_3; GOWN_Smith; GOWN_Smith_Coulee; GOWN_Sounding_Creek; GOWN_Stettler_North; GOWN_Stettler_South; GOWN_Sundre_North; GOWN_Sundre_South; GOWN_Three_Hills; GOWN_Three_Hills_RCA; GOWN_Viking; GOWN_Wainwright; GOWN_Warburg; GOWN_Warner; GOWN_Warner_North; GOWN_Wetaskiwin; GOWN_Zama_North; groundwater; Hardness of water; Hydrochemical facies, main salt; Iron 2+; LATITUDE; Lithology/composition/facies; LONGITUDE; Magnesium; Manganese; Methane, dissolved; microbes; Nitrate-nitrogen; Nitrite-nitrogen; Nitrogen, total; Number of squares; Oxygen; pH; Phosphate; Potassium; Propane; Sample code/label; Sample code/label 2; Sample ID; Sample volume; Sampling date; Sequence identifier; Silica, reactive soluble; Sodium; Storage duration; Sub-basin; Sulfate; Total dissolved solids; Well; Well, depth; Well, diameter; Well, identifier; Well, material; Well, type; δ13C, carbon dioxide; δ13C, dissolved inorganic carbon; δ13C, methane; δ15N, nitrate; δ18O, nitrate; δ18O, sulfate; δ18O, water; δ34S, sulfate; δ Deuterium, methane; δ Deuterium, water
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 9856 data points
