July 2013

Processing and interpretation of 2d land seismic reflection survey over bishop wood Yorkshire, England

  A seismic reflection survey was carried out in Bishop Wood, Yorkshire to determine the subsurface structure and the depth to the prospective gypsum and coal measures. Four 24-channel Geodes were used with a PEG40 accelerated weight drop and 10 Hz geophones at 3 m intervals to shot a 1099 m spread.  The final depth processed section shows some reflectors which are clearly visible and is geologically...

Author(s): Maunde A., Nur A., Raji A. S. and Dio. C. J.

July 2013

Field and petrographic characterization of some building, ornamental and industrial raw materials of the Tertiary sedimentary succession of Haddat Ash Sham Area, West Central Arabian shield, Saudi Arabia

  The present study has dealt with the field and microscopic description of different building, industrial and ornamental stones of the Tertiary sedimentary succession of Haddat Ash Sham area, Saudi Arabia. The described building and ornamental stones includes: quartz pebble conglomerates, sandstones, limestones, dolostones and clays. The stratigraphic setting, mega and microscopic description of the different...

Author(s): Abdullah Rasheed Sonbul

July 2013

Hydrogeophysical investigation in selected parts of Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria

  Hydrogeophysical studies have been undertaken at Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The area is underlain by the Basement Complex rocks. The study involved very low frequency electromagnetic (VLF-EM) and electrical resistivity methods. The results are presented as profiles, sections, curves, charts and maps. VLF-EM anomalies were evaluated using geoelectric soundings. Geoelectric...

Author(s): Michael Ilesanmi Oladapo and Olayiwola Grace Ayeni