Application of remote-sensing data to groundwater exploration: A case study of the Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria |
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Authors: | A E Edet C S Okereke S C Teme E O Esu |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, University of Calabar P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria, NG;(2) Institute of Geosciences and Space Technology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, NG |
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Abstract: | The Cross River State, Nigeria, is underlain by the Precambrian-age crystalline basement complex and by rocks of Cretaceous
to Tertiary age. The exploration for groundwater in this area requires a systematic technique in order to obtain optimum results,
but the non-availability of funds and facilities has made it extremely difficult to carry out site investigations prior to
the drilling of water wells. Therefore, the failure rate is as high as 80%. In order to delineate areas that are expected
to be suitable for future groundwater development, black and white radar imagery and aerial photographs were used to define
some hydrological and hydrogeological features in parts of the study area. Lineament and drainage patterns were analysed using
length density and frequency. Lineament-length density ranges from 0.04–1.52; lineament frequency is 0.11–5.09; drainage-length
density is 0.17–0.94, and the drainage frequency is 0.16–1.53. These range of values reflect the differences in the probability
of groundwater potentials. Results were then used to delineate areas of high, medium, and low groundwater potential. Study
results also indicate that correlations exist between lineament and drainage patterns, lithology, water temperature, water
conductivity, well yield, transmissivity, longitudinal conductance, and the occurrence of groundwater.
Received, August 1994 · Revised, March 1996, June 1996 · Accepted, October 1996 |
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Keywords: | Nigeria remote sensing groundwater development lineaments |
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