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ยป INDEPENDENT GEOLOGIC FIELD MAPPING OF THE IGARRA AXIS OF THE BASEMENT COMPLEX CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Detailed Geological field mapping is an indispensable exercise in geology as a result of the fact that geology as a discipline is field oriented. It is the aspect that cโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป AN ANALYSIS OF LANDUSE CHANGES USING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study This study is on the application of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Techniques to the examination of the nature of landuseโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON GLOBAL WARMING CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The fingerprint of human activity has been detected in the recently observed warming on global and continental scales (Christidis et al 2011: 1922). This was also confirmed by Riebeek (2007:1) whenโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป 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, (2) environmental parameters influencing the weathering of source rocks (e.g., atmosphericchemistry, temperature, rโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป 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, Udu and Effurun Local Government Area. Samples were collected in six different locations in Warri metropolis. The analysis was centeredโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Petroleum industry has become the mainstay of the overall economy of Nigeria, accounting for about 90 per cent of the countryโs foreign exchange earrings, about 20 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, and about 85 per cent of the Federal Government collectable revโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of soil erosion on settlement in Agbor, and its environs. It identifies the problems, conservation, strategies, control techniques and suggest proper management practices. The study adopts the survey research design in data collection through administration oโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Environmental degradation and biodiversity depletion are crucial and disturbing topics among environmentalist today (David, 2014). Probing into the root cause of this problem and the consequences of our actions is the first step towards reducing the rโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study This study focuses on the environmental impacts of flooding on agricultural activities in Kwale and its environs. Flooding has been a long term issue which affects the inhabitants of Kwale. In many natural systems, floods play an important role inโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Tourism is a rapidly growing phenomenon and has become one of the largest industries in the world. The impact of tourism varies extremely. On one hand, it plays an important and certainly positive role in the socio economic and political developmeโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Land is the basis for every form of physical development and constitutes the primary medium for food production, for the provision of sheets and utilities, for the manufacture of goods and the establishment of institutions to support the basic neeโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Soil is an important resource covering the land surface. Mining is the process of getting minerals and soil components for various uses. Man depends on soil for agriculture, construction and even as a habitat for various organisms (Mwangi, 2007).โฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1 Introduction Petroleum is among the various resources produced by nature. They are used by human to satisfy their needs such as transportation, cooking, electricity power supply and others (Mike, 2012). The exploitation of natural resources such as crude oil iโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Water is one of the abundant and widely used natural resources available to man. Many communities obtain the water they need from rivers, lakes, or reservoirs, sometime using aqueduct or canals to bring water from distant surface sources. Another source of water lies dirโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป Chapter One INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Detailed Geological field mapping is an indispensable exercise in geology as a result of the fact that geology as a discipline is field oriented. It is the aspect that completes and gives life to the study of geology. An independent Geologic fieldโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป ABSTRACT Field studies were carried out on outcropping sediments exposed in Lokoja and its environs to gain insight into reservoir characteristics and sedimentological characteristics. Sieve analysis and petrographic analysis were carried out on fresh samples of the sediments to determine their statโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป 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 potential of the area and the aquifer distribution. The Schlumberger electrodeโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป 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 out using the Schlumberger array configuration with a current electrode separation of 126m. The daโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป 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) and the technique employed is wet oxidation method. TheโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF 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 disturbed the natural soil vegetative cover and exposed its, surface to the effect of erosive agโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป A BSTRACT Sediment samples were collected through the purposive sampling method from various streams in Akpabuyo L.G.A, ten sample location were selected. The concentration and areal distribution of selected metals (Fe, Zn, Mn, Cr, Ni, Co, Cu, Cd, Pb) in the sediments of Akpabuyo streams .Geo accumuโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป A BSTRACT Aking West and its environs is located within latitude 05 0 22 1 N and 05 0 26 1 N and longitude 008 0 36 1 E and 008 0 38 1 E. It covers an estimated area of about 72km 2 . The area is situated in Cross River State which falls within the Basement Complex of South Eastern Nigeria (Oban MasโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป OF AKPABUYO STREAM, CROSS RIVER BASIN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Heavy metals pollution of aquatic ecosystem is becoming a potential global problem, pollution typically refers to chemicals or other substance in concentration greater than it would occur under natural conditionsโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AKING AND ITS ENVIRONS AND HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION IN SURFACE WATER STREAM SEDIMENT, AKING WEST,SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA ABSTRACT Seismic interpretation data and applications are the key element of a rapid technological evolution in the remote sensing of the subsurface maps that hasโฆContinue Reading ยป
ยป IN ZARIA CITY KADUNA STATE ABSTRACT In Nigeria and particularly in Zaria city of Kaduna state, open dumping is still the most common household waste disposal method/practice. This type of practice is un hygienic and environmentally unfriendly. This research is aimed at effective household waste manaโฆContinue Reading ยป
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