GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR BURIED KAOLIN MINERAL NEAR KANKARA, KATSINA PROVINCE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR BURIED KAOLIN MINERAL NEAR KANKARA, KATSINA PROVINCE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | EBIFEGHA, MICHAEL EBIPA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-10T09:31:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-10T09:31:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1977-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The results of a comprehensive geophysical study on a prominent kaolin deposit near Kankara, Katsina Province, Kaduna State, Nigeria, are discussed. The most appropriate techniques and procedures to be deployed when exploring for buried kaolin mineral of sporadic occurrence are outlined. Electrical resistivity depth probe measurements employing both colinear and square configurations were utilized. The prevailing heterogeneities and the associated gross orientational effects in the anomalous zone limit the applicability of the collinear array sounding techniques in the determination of depths to bedrock. The crossed square sounding technique, which samples apparent resistivities in four orientations, has proved the most efficient field system in the delineation of the buried kaolin mineral deposit by resistivity methods. The apparent measure of electrical strike and vertical anisotropy as a function of electrode spacing using the crossed square array technique are obtained. Results of Wenner profiling are encouraging in the detection of near surface geological structure. X The gravity methods has proved a useful tool in mirroring the anomalous zones and in the assessment of the reserves of the concealed kaolin deposits. The top layer structure was best delineated by the seismic refraction method; bedrock topography could not however be determined successfully. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6605 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR BURIED KAOLIN MINERAL NEAR KANKARA, KATSINA PROVINCE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR BURIED KAOLIN MINERAL NEAR KANKARA, KATSINA PROVINCE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.title | GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION FOR BURIED KAOLIN MINERAL NEAR KANKARA, KATSINA PROVINCE, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |