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Hydrogeophysical Investigation for Groundwater Resources from Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Self-Potential Data in the Méiganga Area, Adamawa, Cameroon
- Source :
- International Journal of Geophysics, Vol 2018 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Exploration and production of groundwater, a vital and precious resource, is a challenging task in hard rock, which exhibits inherent heterogeneity. A geophysical survey was conducted in Méiganga, Mbéré department, in the Adamawa region, Cameroon. High-resolution electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and self-potential (SP) dataset were collected in a gneissic terrain to solve the groundwater problem as people are facing acute shortage of drinking water in the study area. The analysis and interpretations based on resistivity models revealed substantial resistivity contrast between the altered gneiss that might contain water and massive gneiss and delineated five deeper groundwater prospects zones located at Yelwa, Ngoa-Ekélé, Sabongari, Ngassiri, and Gbakoungué, respectively. Nevertheless shallow groundwater zones (
- Subjects :
- Hydrology
Article Subject
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Groundwater flow
lcsh:QC801-809
Elevation
Groundwater recharge
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Water resources
lcsh:Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Geophysics
Geophysical survey
Electrical resistivity tomography
Geology
Groundwater
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
Gneiss
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16878868
- Volume :
- 2018
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Geophysics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a359f96d435f4372143b0ee36b8265df