GEOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS

CHAPTER ONE   1.0  INTRODUCTION The construction of structure on weak ground often requires the soil to be improved in order to ensure the safety and the stability of surrounding buildings. The ground improvement in granular soils can be achieved by different…

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Barytes is an orthorhombic mineral with chemical composition BaSO4. It possesses one perfect cleavage and two good cleavages, as do the isostructural minerals. The mineral has a specific gravity of approximately 4.5, and it is relatively…

CHAPTER ONE 1.0    INTRODUCTION The Precambrian basement complex of Nigeria as an integral part of the west African craton  is known to have been subjected to various episode of deformation. These activities reflect in the presence of geological structures…

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…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   General Introduction Field mapping is an indispensable exercise in geology because geology is a field oriented discipline. It is in this basis that this work was carried out and a report presented on the geology…

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  GENERAL INTRODUCTION Niger delta is one of the sedimentary basins in Nigeria. It is a pericratonic basin found at the margin of craton and therefore regarded as open ended basin. The inception of the delta started in the…

GEOLOGY OF AKING AND ITS ENVIRONS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The study area is situated in Akampka Local Government Area of cross river state (figure 1) and the area forms part of the Oban Massif which constitutes the basement complex of…

GEOELECTRIC MAPPING OF GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL IN THE SPORTS COMPLEX ABSTRACT Geo-electrical survey using Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) was carried out in the Sports Complex of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun Delta State (FUPRE) in order to determine the groundwater…

GEOELECTRIC IMAGING OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION ABSTRACT A resistivity survey was made in some part of PTI dumpsite in order to determine the quality of the ground water in that area. The survey consisted of 5 electrical soundings which were carried…

ARSENIC POLLUTION OF THE SUBSURFACE WATER ABSTRACT This work investigates the extent of Arsenic pollution of borehole waters in Onitsha and environs. Fifteen samples of drinking water sourced from boreholes were randomly collected and analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)…

EFFECTIVE WAYS OF CONTROLLING EROSION IN A BUILDING SITE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The development of soil erosion began when man settled down and started turning pasture land into farmland. The intensive exploitation of the land…

GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AKING AND ITS ENVIRONS AND HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION IN SURFACE WATER STREAM SEDIMENT, AKING-WEST,SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA ABSTRACT Aking-West and its environs is located within latitude 050 221N and 050 261N and longitude 0080 361E and 0080 381E. It…

HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ABSTRACT In Nigeria and particularly in Zaria city of Kaduna state, open dumping is still the most common household waste disposal method This type of practice is un hygienic and environmentally unfriendly. This research is aimed…

RESISTIVITY METHODS USED IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISCONTINUITIES IN THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE GROUND WATER DETECTION CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The resistivity method is used in the study of the horizontal and vertical discontinuities in the electrical properties of the…

THE SUBSURFACE MAPS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE OIL INDUSTRY ABSTRACT        Seismic interpretation data and applications are the key element of a rapid technological evolution in the remote sensing of the subsurface maps that has resulted in geoscientists movement…

HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION IN SEDIMENT OF AKPABUYO STREAM, CROSS RIVER BASIN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA   ABSTRACT Sediment samples were collected through the purpose sampling method from various streams in Akpabuyo L.G.A, ten sample location were selected. The concentration and areal distribution of selected…

THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN AKOR AND ITS ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACTS The study area is located within latitude 050 271 4611N and longitude 0080 431 46E, and the elevation of the place is 156m. The major rock types encountered in the area…

DETERMINATION OF THE SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEDIMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA BASIN CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The mineralogical and chemical composition of clastic sedimentary rocks are controlled by various factors, including (1) the composition of their source rocks,…

ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF GROUND WATER (BOREHOLE AND WELL WATER) AND ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS ABSTRACT This project work was undertaken to assess the state of ground water(borehole and well water) and its health implications in Warri metropolis using Uvwie,…

RESERVE ESTIMATE OF IMERI BITUMEN DEPOSIT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The Petroleum industry has become the mainstay of the overall economy of Nigeria, accounting for about 90 per cent of the country’s foreign exchange earrings, about 20 per cent of the…