GEOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS

ENGINEERING GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SOME SOILS OVER METAMORPHIC COMPLEX ALONG AKUNGBA-IKARE AKOKO ROAD ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE 1.0     INTRODUCTION Engineering geology is the application of geologic science to engineering practice for the purpose of assuring that the geologic factors affecting location, design, construction operation such as road construction building construction, dam and bridge construction…

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GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF OGUDU AREA IN IFE-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE 1.0      INTRODUCTION Ogudu area is located in Ife-East Local Government Area of Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria, within latitude 7022.25’N and 7025’N, and longitude 4037.5’E and 4040.25’E covering a total area of 25 square kilometers. The terrain…

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STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDUAL SOILS ON THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE (FUTA) CAMPUS, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

CHAPTER   ONE 1.1    INTRODUCTION Residual soils are products of the in-situ physical and chemical weathering of bedrock, and are commonly situated above the groundwater table. They are often unsaturated in nature and possess negative pore-water pressures or matric suctions relative…

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