Province/ State/City

Project

Rock Formation

Rock Type

Depth/ Elevation (m)

Mass Density (Mg/mᵌ)

Compressive Wave Velocity (Km/s)

Shear Wave Velocity (Km/s)

Dynamic Poisson’s Ratio νdy.

Dynamic Modulus Edy. (GPa)

Source of Data

Southern Ontario

Research Program For The National Research Council of Canada, Different Sites in Southern Ontario

Lockport (Gasport)

Shaly limestone

159.94

2.68 - 2.69 v

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_

44.3 - 67.5 v

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162.05

2.68 - 2.76 h

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_

63.3 - 71.0 h

Lockport (Gasport)

Fossiliferous limestone

159.23

2.71 v

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_

66.8 v

157.33

2.72 h

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_

_

73.1 h

Georgian Bay

Shale

15.33

2.55 v

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_

_

19.2 v

10.17

2.60 h

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_

_

38.2 h

12.1

2.54 i

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_

_

19.0 i

Collingwood

Black shale

22.76

2.53 v

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_

_

27.4 v

18.49

2.53 - 2.56 h

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_

_

51.3 - 58.4 h

16.99

2.58 i

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_

37.3 i

Collingwood

Grey shale

23.34

2.6 v

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_

4.9 v

23.27

2.61 - 2.64 h

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_

42.2 - 49.2 h

Southern Ontario

Research Program For The National Research Council of Canada, Different Sites in Southern Ontario

Collingwood

Grey shale

23.29

2.6 i

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_

_

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Collingwood

Shaly limestone

12.93 - 26.06

2.68

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Trenton

Limestone

35.41

2.68 v

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35.53

2.68 h

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35.48

2.85 i

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Rochester

Shale

26.37

2.77 v

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_

38.7 v

26.24 - 26.5

2.68 - 2.72 h

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39.4 h

26.29

2.74 i

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_

21.8 i

Lockport (Goat Island)

Dolomite

169.37

2.76

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61.9 v

168.8

2.76

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70.3 - 80.2 h

169.21

2.77

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74.5 i

Lockport (Gasport)

Dolomitic limestone

165.66

2.72 v

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_

73.8 v

Southern Ontario

Research Program For The National Research Council of Canada, Different Sites in Southern Ontario

Lockport (Gasport)

Dolomitic limestone

165.57

2.76 h

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_

70.3 - 86.5 h

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165.74

2.72 i

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_

69.6 i

Lockport (Gasport)

Dolomitic limestone/ Limestone

164.06

2.72 v

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_

47.8 v

164.17

2.71 - 2.72 h

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_

53.4 - 66.1 h

164..01

2.76 i

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_

60.5 i

Ontario/ Toronto

Darlington intake tunnel

Whitby

Shaly limestone

83.4

2.58 - 2.70

5.1 - 5.12 v

1.01 - 2.49

0.34 - 0.37 v

39.6 - 43.6 v

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84.4 - 84.7

_

4.92 - 5.13 h

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0.25 - 0.27 h

52.9 - 54.6 h

Ontario /Niagara Falls

Sir Adam Beck Niagara generating station (SABNGS) No. 3

Queenston

Shale

95.64 - 114.33

2.66 - 2.68

3.48 - 4.28

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