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RMZ – MATERIALI IN GEOOKOLJE

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The groundwater potential evaluation at industrial estate Ogbomoso, ...379Figure 6. Weathered layer isothickness mapWeathered Layer Isoresistivity MapIn order to have an insight to thegroundwater potentials of the studyarea, an aquifer resistivity map (figure7) was produced from the interpretedVES data results of this work.The resistivity value of the aquifersat each VES site location was plottedand contoured at 5 Ω m. The map wasproduced in order to distinguish highwater-bearing weathered layer fromlow water-bearing ones, and to find outwhether or not the degree of weathering/saturation varies from point topoint in the study area.As shown on the map, the resistivityvalue of the aquifer is highest at theNortheastern (i. e. VES 8 and VES9) part of the study area which fallswithin medium potential condition (table5). However, the Southern part (i.e. VES 6) and the Western part (i. e.VES 4) of the study area showed lowresistivity values. The Southern partmight be the most promising locationfor groundwater prospect because ofthe results from VES curve 6 (Wright,1990; Meju et al., 1999). The Westernpart (i.e. VES 4) could be consideredas another promising area for groundwaterprospect but because of its thinoverburden (Lenkey at al., 2005), thewater present in the aquifer might notbe able to serve the industrial purposesin the time of prolonged dry season.<strong>RMZ</strong>-M&G 2012, 59

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