GEOELECTRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE BASEMENT STRUCTURE AND GROUNDWATER POTENIAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS PERMANENT SITE

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dc.contributor.authorZUME, JOSEPH TERZUNGWE
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T07:45:04Z
dc.date.available2014-06-13T07:45:04Z
dc.date.issued1999-07
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED GEOPHYSICS. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. JULY, 1999en_US
dc.description.abstractA geoelectric investigation employing the conventional vertical electrical sounding (VES) as well as resistivity and electromagnetic profiling was carried out on the permanent site of the University of Jos. Twenty Six VES stations were occupied together with four resistivity Profiles as well as three EM Profiles. The survey was carried out to determine the basement structure and the groundwater potential of the area. Interpretations of the VES data yielded results that were used to produce geoelectric and geologic sections. These together with the isoresistivity maps, were used to draw certain conclusions. There was good correlation between the profiling (Electrical resistivity and EM) and the VES results. The results of the study indicate that the study area is underlain by 3 - 5 geoelectric layers. There is a thin superficial layer whose resistivity values range from 15 - 1500 ohm-m. The second, third, fourth and fifth layers have resistivity values ranging from 25 - 200 ohm-m, 201 - 500 ohm-m, 500 - 1000 ohm-m, and above 1000 ohm-m respectively. The study also reveals that the aquifer system in the area occurs in the weathered and the fractured basement. From the analysis of the bioelectric/geologic sections, the depth to basement map as well as the aquifer thickness map, the most favorable regions for groundwater exploitation in the area were found to be around VES 13, 10 19, 23, and VESl(in order of preference). The depth to the basement map produced shows that the bedrock in the study area is undulating being deeper in the northern region. Furthermore, the map seem to suggest that the drainage pattern in the river Dilimi is structurally controlleden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4870
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectGEOELECTRIC,en_US
dc.subjectINVESTIGATION,en_US
dc.subjectBASEMENT,en_US
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER,en_US
dc.subjectPOTENIAL,en_US
dc.subjectUNIVERSITY,en_US
dc.subjectPERMANENT SITE.en_US
dc.titleGEOELECTRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE BASEMENT STRUCTURE AND GROUNDWATER POTENIAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS PERMANENT SITEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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