Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) is a key hydrogeologic feature in southern Ontario. Previous work has emphasized the importance of depression-focused recharge (DFR) for the timing and location of groundwater recharge to the ORM's aquifers. However, the significance of DFR has not been empirically demonstrated and the relative control of land cover, topography, and surficial geology on… more Full Text: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOPOGRAPHICALLY-FOCUSED GROUNDWATER RECHARGE DURING WINTER AND SPRING ON THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE, SOUTHERN ONTARIO A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of …