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Heavy metal contamination in the environment is a global issue that is likely to increase in the future. This report investigates a construction area in which increased concentrations of the heavy metals cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel and zinc and a decreased pH-value has been observed in the surface water recipient. The focus is on assessing contamination characteristics and identifying suitable remediation methods to avoid a river protected by environmental quality standards further downstream from getting contaminated. The bedrock in the area is sulphide containing and releases acidic leachate when oxidising, which is assumed to have occurred due to plane blasting and filling of residual rock. The contamination characteristics were assessed with the statistical methods modified double mass analysis and principal components analysis. A water balance was established to obtain the flowrates, discharge volumes and to determine the masses of the released metals in the surface water. Identification of suitable remediation methods was performed through a literature study of available remediation methods and using the findings of the assessments as basis. The results showed that there was a significant increase in metal concentrations and decrease in pH-value roughly around the same time as blasting and filling of residual rocks in the area was begun and that there were elevated levels of sulphide and sulphur, but they could not be specifically linked to any media. The yearly masses of metals released from the area into the surface water were between 77-98 % higher than allowed by the established guidelines. By separating the water assumed to carry the majority of the contaminants from the remaining natural water in the watershed, the volume that needs to be treated can be halved. As the contamination is so extensive, a mixture of remediation methods was proposed, including installing green roofs to decrease the runoff from the area, confining the crushed rock with bentonite and installing a filter for fast, efficient reduction. For long-term remediation, it is suggested to optimise the existing sedimentation basins and wetlands. The conclusions were that it will be very expensive to remediate the contamination, due to the extent and magnitude, and that handling sulphide containing bedrock for construction purposes should be legally regulated in order to avoid negative environmental and economic impacts. / Förorening av tungmetaller i naturen är ett globalt problem som troligtvis kommer öka i framtiden. Den här rapporten undersöker en byggarbetsplats där ökade koncentrationer av metallerna kadmium, kobolt, koppar, nickel och zink samt ett minskat pH-värde har observerats i ytvattenrecipienten. Fokus ligger på att analysera föroreningskaraktärer och identifiera lämpliga åtgärdsmetoder för att undvika att en å nedströms som är skyddad av miljökvalitetsnormer ska förorenas. Berggrunden i området är sulfidförande och släpper ut surt lakvatten när den oxiderar, vilket är antaget har hänt till följd av plansprängning och utfyllnad av överblivet bergmaterial. Föroreningskaraktärerna analyserades med de statistiska metoderna modified double mass analysis och principalkomponentsanalys. En vattenbalans etablerades för att ta fram flöden, volymer och för att bestämma massorna av de frigjorda metallerna i ytvattnet. Identifiering av lämpliga åtgärdsmetoder gjordes med en litteraturstudie av tillgängliga metoder som grund. Resultaten visade att det är en signifikant ökning av metallkoncentrationer och minskning i pH-värde runt samma tid som sprängning och utfyllning av bergmaterial påbörjades samt att det är förhöjda halter av sulfid och svavel, men de kunde inte bli associerade med ett specifikt media. De årliga massorna av frigjorda metaller som släpps ut från området i ytvattnet är mellan 77-98 % högre än tillåtet av de etablerade riktlinjerna. Genom att separera vattnet som kan antas innehålla majoriteten av föroreningarna från det naturliga vattenflödet i avrinningsområdet kan volymen som behöver renas halveras. Eftersom föroreningen är så omfattande föreslås en kombination av åtgärdsmetoder; installation av gröna tak för att minska avrinningen från området, inneslutning av utfyllnadsmaterialet med bentonit och installation av ett filter för snabb, effektiv reduktion. För mer långsiktig rening föreslås det att optimera de existerande sedimentationsdammarna och våtmarken. Slutsatsen är att det kommer bli väldigt dyrt att åtgärda föroreningen på grund av dess omfattning, och hantering av sulfidförande berg för exploateringssyfte borde vara lagstadgat för att undvika miljömässiga och ekonomiska kostnader.

Kunskap om svavelhalter i den svenska berggrunden är viktig när bergmassa ska losshållas och bearbetas, oavsett om det gäller gruvbrytning, infrastruktur eller andra byggnationer. Svavel förekommer ofta bundet i sulfider som oxiderar i kontakt med syre och vatten, vilket kan ha en försurande effekt på yt- och grundvatten. Sulfidförande berg har tidigare kartlagts mestadels i samband med malmprospektering och gruvbrytning. Det finns ganska omfattande svaveldata från norra Sverige, men det saknas tillräckligt med svavelmätningar i Stockholmsområdet för att dra några tydliga slutsatser om vart de förhöjda och potentiellt skadliga halterna av sulfider kan påträffas. Kandidatarbetet har utförts i samarbete med avdelningen för geologi och bergteknik på WSP i Stockholm, i syfte att få en bättre förståelse av vilka bergarter i Stockholmsområdet som kan förväntas inneha förhöjda halter av svavel och vart dessa bergarter kan förväntas påträffas. Under projektet har 329 prover av olika litologier samlats in och undersökts. Litologierna har kategoriserats till 7 förenklade bergartsgrupper. Proverna har skickats på geokemisk analys där olika metoder använts för att bland annat bestämma den totala svavelhalten hos bergarten. Vid halter över 1000 ppm har ytterligare analyser utförts med acid base accounting [ABA] samt net acid generation [NAG]. Dessa tester beskrivs i rapporten och används för att ta reda på om bergarten har försurande egenskaper. Bergartprovlokalerna har digitaliserats som punkter i geopackages i kartprogrammet QGIS. Punkterna för proverna har sammanförts med en digitaliserad version av Stålhös (1968) detaljerade geologiska karta över Stockholms berggrund. Svavelhalten i varje enskild stuff har kopplats till en yta från den sedimentära gnejsen, uppdelad enligt Stålhös (1968). Den producerade kartan har analyserats i QGIS för att ta fram geologiska och bergartskopplade trender av svavelhalten i Stockholms berggrund. 7 olika symmetriska histogram, så kallade fioldiagram, som visar svavelhalten och den relativa provdensiteten i respektive bergartskategori har tagits fram i rapporten. Slutligen har amfibolit och sedimentär gnejs, med underkategorin granatådergnejs identifierats som bergarterna med högst risk att innehålla förhöjda svavelvärden i Stockholmsområdets berggrund. / Knowledge of sulfur levels in the Swedish bedrock is important when rock mass is to be detached and processed in any way, whether it concerns mining, infrastructure, or other constructions. Sulfur is often found bound in sulfides that oxidize in contact with oxygen and water, which can have an acidifying effect on surface- and groundwater. Sulfide-bearing rock has previously been mapped mostly in connection with ore exploration and mining. There is quite extensive sulfur data from northern Sweden, but there are not enough Sulphur measurements in the Stockholm area to draw any clear conclusions about where the elevated and potentially harmful levels of sulfides can be found. The bachelor's thesis has been carried out in collaboration with the Division of Geology and Rock Engineering at WSP in Stockholm, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of which rocks in the Stockholm area can be expected to possess elevated levels of sulfur and where these rocks can be expected to be found. During the project, 329 samples of different lithologies have been collected and examined. The lithologies have been categorized into 7 simplified rock categories. The samples have been sent for geochemical analysis where different methods have been used to determine, among other things, the total sulfur content of the rock. At concentrations above 1000 ppm, further analyses have been performed using acid base accounting [ABA] and net acid generation [NAG]. These tests are described in the report and are used to find out if the rock has acidifying properties. The rock test premises have been digitized as points in geopackages in the QGIS mapping program. The points for the samples have been combined with a digitized version of Stålhös (1968) detailed geological map of Stockholm's bedrock. The sulfur content of each individual sample has been linked to an area from the sedimentary gneiss, divided according to Stålhös (1968). The produced map has been analyzed in QGIS to produce geological and rock-linked trends of the sulfur content in Stockholm's bedrock. 7 different violin graphs showing the sulfur content and relative sample density in each rock category have been produced in the report. Finally, amphibolite and sedimentary gneiss, with the subcategory of garnet vein gneiss, have been identified as the rocks with the highest risk of containing elevated sulfur values in the Stockholm bedrock area.

<p>In 2009, the Regional Municipality of Halton and McMaster University initiated a 2-year collaborative study (Georgetown Aquifer Characterization Study-GACS) of the groundwater resource potential of Quaternary sediments near Georgetown, Ontario. As part of that study, this thesis investigated the Quaternary infill stratigraphy of the Middle Sixteen Mile Creek (MSMC) and Cedarvale (CV) buried valley systems using newly acquired core and borehole geophysical data. Multi-parameter geophysical log suites (natural gamma, EM conductivity, resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, full-waveform sonic, caliper) were acquired in 16 new boreholes (16 m to 55 m depth), pre-existing monitoring wells and from archival data. Characteristic log responses (electrofacies) were identified and correlated with core to produce a detailed subsurface model of a 20-km² area to the southwest of Georgetown. Nine distinctive lithostratgraphic units were identified and their geometry mapped across the study area as structure contour and isochore thickness maps. The subsurface model shows that the CV valley truncates the Late Wisconsin MSMC stratigraphy along a channelized erosional unconformity and is a younger (post-glacial?) sediment-hosted valley system. Model results demonstrate the high level of stratigraphic heterogeneity and complexity that is inherent in bedrock valley systems and provides a geological framework for understanding groundwater resource availability.</p> <p>Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to selected log suites to evaluate the potential for objective lithologic classification using log data. Gamma, resistivity and conductivity logs were most useful for lithologic typing, while p-wave velocity and resistivity logs were more diagnostic of compact diamict units. Cross plots of the first and second principal components of log parameters discriminated silts and clays/shales from sand/gravel and diamict lithofacies. The results show that PCA is a viable method for predicting subsurface lithology in un-cored boreholes and can assist in the identification of hydrostratigraphic units.</p> / Master of Science (MSc)

<p>Approximately 30% of Canadians and 50% of Americans rely on groundwater for their domestic water supplies. A significant portion of this groundwater originates from fractured rock aquifers, as they are ubiquitous throughout North America. In comparison to unconsolidated porous media aquifers, relatively little is understood about biocolloid transport in fractures. A mechanistic understanding of the transport and retention of biocolloids in fractures is important towards determining the risk of biocolloid contamination to these sources, which can have a significant impact on human health. It has been well documented in the interfacial science literature that micro-scale hydrodynamics play a significant role in the transport of particles greater than approximately one micron in diameter, but do not significantly affect the transport of smaller particles. This phenomenon, however, has never been investigated in fractures,where the larger-scale hydrodynamics are complex, and must also be considered. To bridge this knowledge gap, this research was conducted to elucidate the effects of hydrodynamics on the transport and retention of <em>E. coli </em>RS2GFP and carboxylate modified yellow-green polystyrene (CMP) microspheres (0.05 μm diameter) in single, saturated, fractures at the laboratory scale.</p> <p>To achieve this goal, dolomitic limestone samples were acquired from a quarry in Guelph, Ontario, and were fractured under a uniaxial force. The hydrologic properties of each fracture sample were characterized using hydraulic and solute tracer tests. Using a factorial design approach, a known number of either <em>E. coli </em>RS2-GFP or CMP microspheres was released into the fracture under a range of specific discharges (30, 10 and 5 m/day). The resulting effluent concentration profiles were compared to isolate the effects of hydrodynamics on particle transport.</p> <p>Comparing and contrasting the effluent concentration profiles from these experiments revealed that hydrodynamic forces strongly influence the retention of particles larger than 1 μm in diameter in saturated, fractured media. Additionally, the mechanisms that dominate transport and retention are dependent on, and therefore vary with both specific discharge and particle size.</p> / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

Arsenic, which is a naturally occurring element in the severe health issues during exposure. Both the World Health Organisation and The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) state that &gt;10 ppm arsenic in bedrock is already concerning. During a construction of a new highway junction in the Arlanda-Rosersberg area soil samples revealed elevated levels of arsenic. Since it poses a risk to public health and further spreading without knowledge about the origin and extent of the contamination, the Swedish Geological Survey undertook an investigation to address this issue which included geological mapping as well as geochemical analysis of the whole rock samples.  This thesis has used the collected geochemical data to visualise the spatial distribution of arsenic over the project area to examine if there is a correlation between elevated concentrations and specific lithologies, or if other processes such as pegmatite formation could be responsible enrichment. Kernel interpolation with ArcGIS Pro was used to create three maps with unique parameters: without geological barriers, with geological barriers including samples taken from nearby pegmatites, and with geological barriers excluding samples taken from nearby pegmatites. The resulting maps indicate that a majority of the project area far exceeds the recommended limit, regardless of the parameters.  Based on the data it is currently impossible to distinctly determine the origin of the arsenic contamination, since the results suggest a role of both lithological correlation and process-related source, and a combination of both cannot be ruled out. Therefore, to improve the resolution and knowledge about the area, more extensive examination and gathering of data would be beneficial, as well as implementing improvements of the method to better simulate the mobilisation of arsenic. / Arsenik är ett naturligt förekommande grundämne i berggrunden som är känt för att orsaka allvarliga problem för människors hälsa vid exponering. Både World Health Organisation och Naturvårdsverket uppger att &gt;10 ppm arsenik i berggrunden är oroväckande. Vid byggandet av en motorvägsavfart i Arlanda-Rosersbergs området visade jordprover höga koncentrationer av arsenik. Eftersom det utgör en risk för människors hälsa, samt fortsatt spridning utan kunskap om ursprung och utsträckning av kontaminationen, utförde Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning (SGU) ett projekt vilket inkluderade geologisk kartläggning samt geokemiska analyser.  Det här självständiga arbetet har använt det geokemiska data för att visualisera den rumsliga spridningen av arsenik över projektområdet för att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan höga koncentrationer och geologiska enheter, eller om magmatiska processer som bildandet av pegmatit kan vara källan till arsenik. Kernel interpolation med ArcGIS Pro användes för att skapa tre kartor med unika parametrar: utan geologiska barriärer, med geologiska barriärer inklusive prover tagna i närheten av pegmatiter, med geologiska barriärer exklusive prover tagna i närheten av pegmatiter. De resulterande kartorna indikerar att en majoritet av projektområdet överskrider den rekommenderade gränsen, oavsett parametrar.  Baserat på data är det vid nuläget omöjligt att avgöra ursprunget av arsenik, eftersom resultatet indikerar både geologiskt samband och process relaterad källa, därför kan en kombination av dem inte uteslutas. För att förbättra kunskapen om området krävs mer omfattande undersökning och data, samt förbättringar av metoden för att bättre simulera mobiliseringen av arsenik.

Under en berggrundsgeologisk fältkurs år 2007 påträffandes spodumenförande granitpegmatitblock i området kring Bergby-Hamrånge, denna händelse markerade starten på det prospekteringsarbete efter Litium-Cesium-Tantal-pegmatiter som sedan skedde i området. Allteftersom prospekteringsarbetet fortlöpt i området har det framkommit allt fler indikationer på att den rådande berggrundskartans (SGU:s karta Ai 28) geologiska gränsdragningar kan uppdateras och justeras. Den borrdata som samlats in i samband med prospekteringsarbetet har sammanställts och sedan använts i Seequents programvara Leapfrog Geo för att skapa 3D-modeller över områdets LCT- och granitpegmatiter samt berggrund.Modelleringen av berggrunden med tillhörande geologiska enheters gränser och påverkan av lokala deformationszoner har varit begränsad till de områden där prospektering genomförts och har lett fram till slutsatsen att den nuvarande kartan till viss del kan uppdateras. LCT-pegmatiternas geografiska utbredning har tillfogats till den geologiska modellen och kan adderas till berggrundskartans omtolkningar då denna tidigare saknade granitpegmatiter. Avslutningsvis har uppsatsen bidragit med att ge en ökad förståelse av den lokala geologin inom Bergby-Hamrånge. / During a bedrock geology field course in 2007, spodumene-bearing granite pegmatite blocks were encountered in the area around Bergby-Hamrånge, this event marked the start of the exploration work for Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum pegmatites that then took place in the area. As exploration work has continued in the area, more and more indications have emerged that the geological boundaries of the current bedrock map (SGU's map Ai 28) can be updated and adjusted. The drill data collected in connection with the exploration work has been compiled and then used in Seequent's Leapfrog Geo software to create 3D models of the area's LCT and granite pegmatites and bedrock. The modeling of the bedrock with associated geological unit boundaries and the influence of local deformation zones has been limited to the areas where exploration has been carried out and has led to the conclusion that the current map can be updated to some extent. The geographical distribution of the LCT pegmatites has been added to the geological model and can be added to the reinterpretations of the bedrock map as it previously lacked granite pegmatites. In conclusion, the essay has contributed to an increased understanding of the local geology within Bergby-Hamrånge.

Multi-fold Time Domain Electromagnetics (TDEM) is a novel experimental approach that couples elements of traditional land-based TDEM survey designs to obtain a robust data set. This design inherently accommodates a broad range of possible Earth models through a rich combination of analysis opportunities making it ideally suited for reconnaissance. Kentland Farms, VA was chosen as the test site, for its ease of access and interesting geologic features such as river terraces and karstic landscape. Three independent methods of analyzing the 3-component data set each provided unique insights into the subsurface electrical structure through a complementary interpretation. Synthesis of log-normalized ∂tB_z pseudo-sections provided a first-order analysis of the lateral and vertical heterogeneities of the profile. A Zero-Crossing Moveout (ZCMO) analysis used a brute-force grid-search inversion to estimate the two-layer Earth model that best-fit the observed moveout times for a range of interface depths. By using the ZCMO result as an initial model, regularized 1D Occam inversions determined a 3-layer electrical structure consisting of a 3.5 m – 5 m thick resistive upper layer, over an 12.5 m – 15 m thick conductive layer, overlying a resistive half-space. From correlation of the inverse solutions with ZCMO derived conductivity models and prior resistivity information, the depth to the limestone bedrock was approximated to be 16 – 20 m. The delineation of the bedrock depth provided additional support for the fill-cut terrace formation model (Ward et al., 2005), as well as possible evidence of groundwater drainage on the 40 m terrace at Kentland Farm. / Master of Science

In southern central Yukon Territory, Canada, a northwest-trending 267 Ma ophiolitic assemblage defines the Tummel fault zone (TFZ), which juxtaposes Paleozoic miogeoclinal strata of Cassiar terrane with metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of Yukon-Tanana terrane. Basalt, greenstone, and chert occur in the TFZ and are correlated with Slide Mountain terrane. Northeast of the TFZ, pelitic and semipelitic rocks of the Kechika Group are overlain by carbonate of the Askin Group in Cassiar terrane. Southwest of the TFZ, Yukon-Tanana terrane comprises Devonian-Mississippian quartzofeldspathic basement (the Snowcap Complex) overlain by Mississippian clastic and arc-derived rocks of the Drury, Pelmac, and Little Salmon formations. The ca. 105 Ma Glenlyon Batholith and its satellite plutons intrude Cassiar terrane and the TFZ, imposing a contact metamorphic aureole that overprints earlier metamorphic features in rocks of Cassiar and Yukon-Tanana terranes and the TFZ, and indicates pre-105 Ma juxtaposition of these three tectonic assemblages.

In southern central Yukon Territory, Canada, a northwest-trending 267 Ma ophiolitic assemblage defines the Tummel fault zone (TFZ), which juxtaposes Paleozoic miogeoclinal strata of Cassiar terrane with metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of Yukon-Tanana terrane. Basalt, greenstone, and chert occur in the TFZ and are correlated with Slide Mountain terrane. Northeast of the TFZ, pelitic and semipelitic rocks of the Kechika Group are overlain by carbonate of the Askin Group in Cassiar terrane. Southwest of the TFZ, Yukon-Tanana terrane comprises Devonian-Mississippian quartzofeldspathic basement (the Snowcap Complex) overlain by Mississippian clastic and arc-derived rocks of the Drury, Pelmac, and Little Salmon formations. The ca. 105 Ma Glenlyon Batholith and its satellite plutons intrude Cassiar terrane and the TFZ, imposing a contact metamorphic aureole that overprints earlier metamorphic features in rocks of Cassiar and Yukon-Tanana terranes and the TFZ, and indicates pre-105 Ma juxtaposition of these three tectonic assemblages.