OFR21-02, Pilot Multi-county Modeling Synthesis For Bonanza Valley Groundwater Management Area
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OFR21-02, Pilot Multi-county Modeling Synthesis For Bonanza Valley Groundwater Management Area
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2019
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Minnesota Geological Survey
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This report reviews current subsurface unconsolidated sediment modeling methods at MGS to address how model application to regional investigations can be improved in several fundamental ways: 1.) reduce errors and redundancy in final subsurface models that are artifacts of the modeling process itself, including linearity along cross-section lines in both elevation and map unit extent, unintended gaps in map units between cross sections, and lithostratigraphic formation subdivision to accommodate sand bodies within formations ; 2.) quantify uncertainty in modeling subsurface sand and gravel; and 3.) provide a work plan and method for subsurface models to remain current within shorter time frames as new data become available.
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Historically, the goal of subsurface Quaternary sediment mapping at the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS) has been to provide information on the distribution and inferred depositional environment of coarse- to fine-grained material, herein broadly defined as glaciofluvial (sand and gravel) and supraglacial to subglacial (till). More recently, map units have been named according to a formalized lithostratigraphic nomenclature (Johnson et al., 2016) providing, for the first time, a consistent framework for understanding the history of repeated glacial advances in Minnesota. When combined with advances in three-dimensional subsurface modeling, this framework will be used by ground and surface water resource managers to view subsurface aquifer and aquitard distributions across traditional political and/or geographic map boundaries.
The goal of this report is to review current Quaternary-aged subsurface sediment modeling methods at the MGS and offer suggestions on how it can be improved in several fundamental ways: 1.) reduce errors in the final subsurface models that are artifacts of the modeling process itself; 2.) quantify uncertainty in modeling subsurface sand and gravel; and 3.) provide a work plan and method for subsurface models to remain current within shorter time frames as new data become available.
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U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition, Award G18AS00001
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Tipping, Robert G. (2019). OFR21-02, Pilot Multi-county Modeling Synthesis For Bonanza Valley Groundwater Management Area. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/219591.
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