Journal article
Integrated geoelectrical and structural studies for ground-water investigation in parts of Abuja, North Central Nigeria
O Maxwell, H Wagiran, N Ibrahim, OI Andrew, OO Solomon, S Sabri
Near Surface Geophysics | WILEY | Published : 2014
Abstract
Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, West Africa, is underlain by Precambrian basement rocks consisting mainly of porphyroblastic gneisses, granitic-gneisses, migmatitic gneisses, amphibolites, Pan-African granites and undifferentiated schists. The geology of Abuja, therefore, makes the groundwater conditions in the area very unpredictable. Geophysical surveys were carried out at 12 locations within and around the Gosa area and the results integrated with 88 lineament (fractures) extracted from hill-shaded Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The dominant fracture trend for the area is NNE-SSW and N-S, which corresponds to the Pan-African trends in the basement complex of Nigeria. It..
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Awarded by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) through Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) for their funding through Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Research Grant Scheme Project number: Q.J130000.2526.03H28. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency and Federal Ministry of Water Resources for their support in this work. The authors wish to thank SYB Sinyoung Borehole Limited for providing the Rig and Compressor used in drilling the boreholes, and Maxico Hydrosolution consult for providing the Campus Ohmega terrameter. We would also like to thank two anonymous reviewers whose suggestions went a long way in improving the quality of the initial manuscript.