Nordicana D72 / DOI : 10.5885/45636XD-1ABDEDA4433D46A0

Groundwater level and temperature, Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik, Quebec

Jean-Michel Lemieux¹,Renaud Murray¹, Richard Fortier^1,2, Sophie Dagenais², Philippe Fortier², Nathan L Young¹
¹Université Laval
²Centre d'études nordiques

Abstract

This dataset includes continuous water level data from four different wells within the Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. The wells are located within an unconfined sandy aquifer overlying a silty marine unit. Each well is located near a different form of land cover. The types of land cover monitored are: lichens and herbs (LH; DH), lichens and low shrubs (LLS; DL), medium shrubs (MS; DA) and trees (T; DP). Data were collected from 11 June 2014 – 7 July 2019. Soils stratigraphy and well construction details are given below.

Data citation

Lemieux, J-M., Murray, R., Fortier, R., Dagenais, S., Fortier, P. Young, N. L. 2020. Groundwater level and temperature, Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik, Quebec, v. 1.0 (2014-2019). Nordicana D72, doi: 10.5885/45636XD-1ABDEDA4433D46A0.

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Key references

Lemieux J-M, Fortier R, Murray R, Dagenais S, Cochand S, Delottier H, Therrien R, Molson J, Pryet A, Parhizkar M (2020) Groundwater dynamics within a watershed in the discontinuous permafrost zone near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada). Hydrogeology Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02110-4.

Murray, R., (2016). Bilan hydrologique d’un bassin versant dans la région d’Umiujaq au Québec nordique. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université Laval. DOI: .

Contributors

Dagenais, Sophie (Centre d'études nordiques)

Acknowledgements

This data was obtained with funds from the Ministère de l’environnement et de la lutte contre les changements climatiques du Québec (MELCC), the Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies du Québec (Quebec Research Fund – Nature and Technology - Establishment of New Researchers Grant), the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) administered by Polar Knowledge Canada, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Strategic Project Grant, Discovery Grants, Nordic Research Supplement).

Status

Published

Version history

You can request for data from previous versions at nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca.

Version 1.0 (2014-2019) - Updated April 24, 2020

Measurement sites

	Site	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)

More info	Piézomètre à dominance de lichen et d'arbustes (LLS / DL)	56.558911	-76.478675	130.56
More info	Piézomètre à dominance herbacée (LH / DH)	56.559014	-76.480423	127.41
More info	Piézomètre à dominance arbustes moyens (MS / DA)	56.558923	-76.478778	130.32
More info	Piézomètre à dominance pessières (T / DP)	56.559192	-76.481739	131.31