August 2017

Investigation of subsurface for construction purposes in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, using electrical resistivity method

Fifteen vertical electrical sounding (VES) stations were sounded using Schlumberger electrode configuration. The result revealed a total of 3 to 4 geoelectric layers. The first layer with resistivity values range from 2.8 to 149.2 Ωm and has thickness and depth of 0.1 to 6.5 m. The second layer has resistivity which ranges from 245.9 to 7761.2 Ωm, thickness of 1.1 to 10.7 m and depth of 1.2 to 17.2 m. This layer was...

Author(s): Idoko Agada, Johnson C. Ibuot, Moses Ekpa and Daniel N. Obiora