Geophysical Survey for Groundwater Resource Appraissal in a Basement Complex Terrain for Agricultural Purposes;Case Study of ABUAD Teaching and Research Farm, Ado Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

Oladimeji Lawrence Ademilua Ph.D

Geophysical Survey for Groundwater Resource Appraissal in a Basement Complex Terrain for Agricultural Purposes;Case Study of ABUAD Teaching and Research Farm, Ado Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

Oladimeji Lawrence Ademilua Ph.D * §

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Geophysical Survey for Groundwater Resource Appraissal in a Basement Complex Terrain for Agricultural Purposes;Case Study of ABUAD Teaching and Research Farm, Ado Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

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A combined geophysical survey involving the Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic and the Electrical resistivity survey has been carried out in the Teaching and Research Farm of the Afe Babalola University along Ado -Ikare road, Ado Ekiti with a view to determining the subsurface layers and thickness of the overburden as a means to appraising the ground water potential in the study area. Seventeen (17) west east traverses were established from which VLF -Electromagnetic data were acquired at a station interval of 5m each, the modeling and interpretation results from these were used to delimit the farm area into a total of 29 points from where vertical electrical soundings were carried out for further detailed survey using the Schlumberger electrode array configuration. The sounding data was processed and interpreted using WINRESIST interpretation software.

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Oladimeji Lawrence Ademilua Ph.D. 2014. "Geophysical Survey for Groundwater Resource Appraissal in a Basement Complex Terrain for Agricultural Purposes;Case Study of ABUAD Teaching and Research Farm, Ado Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria". Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - H: Environment & Environmental geology GJSFR-H Volume 14 (GJSFR Volume 14 Issue H5).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJSFR

Print ISSN 0975-5896

e-ISSN 2249-4626

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aquifer vertical electrical sounding VLF-EM

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GJSFR-H Classification FOR Code: 260501

Submission ReceivedAugust 1, 2014
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Country: Nigeria

Subject: Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - H: Environment & Environmental geology

Authors: Oladimeji Lawrence Ademilua Ph.D, Olufemi Felix Ojo, M.Sc., Akinola Bolaji Eluwole, M.Sc., Oladipupo Babatunde Ademilua B.Sc. (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

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