Evaluation of aquifer vulnerability and the protective capacity in some oil producing communities of western Niger Delta

Edmund Aviedo Atakpo () and Elijah Adebowale Ayolabi
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Edmund Aviedo Atakpo: University of Lagos
Elijah Adebowale Ayolabi: University of Lagos

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2009, vol. 29, issue 3, 310-317

Abstract: Abstract Oil spills have become a major environmental hazard constituting serious social problems in Nigeria, especially in the oil producing communities. The spills contaminate the aquifer if the subsurface layers are not protected. Geoelectric technique of geophysical investigation has been used to evaluate the protective capacity of six oil producing communities: Oleh, Olomoro, Uzere, Afiesere, Ekakpamre and Uvwiamuge in the western Niger Delta. A total of 139 vertical electrical sounding (VES) using the Schlumberger electrode configuration were occupied in these communities. The longitudinal conductance maps delineated areas with poor (

Keywords: Protective capacity; Longitudinal conductance contamination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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