Groundwater in fractured bedrock environments: managing catchment and subsurface resources

Ofterdinger, U.; MacDonald, A.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6636-1499; Comte, J.-C.; Young, M.E., eds. 2019 Groundwater in fractured bedrock environments: managing catchment and subsurface resources. London, UK, Geological Society of London, NP-NP. (Geological Society Special Publication, 479, 1).

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP479

Abstract/Summary

Fractured bedrock aquifers have traditionally been regarded as low-productivity aquifers, with only limited relevance to regional groundwater resources. It is now being increasingly recognised that these complex bedrock aquifers can play an important role in catchment management and subsurface energy systems. At shallow to intermediate depth, fractured bedrock aquifers help to sustain surface water baseflows and groundwater dependent ecosystems, provide local groundwater supplies and impact on contaminant transfers on a catchment scale. At greater depths, understanding the properties and groundwater flow regimes of these complex aquifers can be crucial for the successful installation of subsurface energy and storage systems, such as deep geothermal or Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems and natural gas or CO2 storage facilities as well as the exploration of natural resources such as conventional/unconventional oil and gas. In many scenarios, a robust understanding of fractured bedrock aquifers is required to assess the nature and extent of connectivity between such engineered subsurface systems at depth and overlying receptors in the shallow subsurface.

Item Type:	Publication - Book
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1144/SP479
ISSN:	0305-8719
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Book available to purchase from the Geological Society of London at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SP479
Additional Keywords:	GroundwaterBGS, Groundwater, Aquifer characterisation, Groundwater resources
Date made live:	27 Jun 2019 14:28 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524065

Item Type:

Publication - Book

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1144/SP479

ISSN:

0305-8719

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Book available to purchase from the Geological Society of London at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SP479

Additional Keywords:

GroundwaterBGS, Groundwater, Aquifer characterisation, Groundwater resources

Date made live:

27 Jun 2019 14:28 +0 (UTC)