Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic and VLF Data with An Application to Modeling of Basement Structures: A Case Study Within, Ibadan Area, Southwestern Nigeria

Abdulbariu Ibrahim, Baba Aminu Mu’awiya and Achonwa Kingsley Okechukwu
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Abdulbariu Ibrahim: Department of Geology, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria.
Baba Aminu Mu’awiya: Department of Geology, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria.
Achonwa Kingsley Okechukwu: Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 2023, vol. 8, issue 6, 156-175

Abstract: The study area, the church camp is within Ibadan which fall within southwestern basement complex of Nigeria and it is mainly by migmatite-gneiss. The hard rocks are usually characterized by basement fracture which may serve as a conduit for groundwater passage. This has necessitated detail geological and geophysical investigation to accurately and precisely delineate this structure. Geological mapping alongside very low frequency Electromagnetic (VLF-EM) techniques were adopted in which conductivity data were acquired along Fifteen (15) VLF profiles using ABEM WADI. Thirteen (13) of these profiles were in the East-West (E-W) direction which is the dip direction of the structural elements, while the remaining two profiles were in North-South (N-S) direction. The data obtained from the field were processed, filtered and presented inform of profiles and Karous-Hjelt (K-H) filtered pseudo-section to visualise conductivity in (2-D). Pockets of conductive structures were delineated and were interpreted as fractures of various dimension and orientation. Some are single fracture and others are closely-spaced double fractures which some of them joined or fused together at depth with some suspected to contain water while some are dry base on their conductivity/resistivity signature exhibited. In conclusion, VLF-EM has proven to possess the capability to characterize and model the basement fractures and define their dimension, axial orientation and indicates their parallelism which also signifies their origin as regard stress regime that produces the fracture.

Date: 2023
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