Secondly, this study was used to compare other archaeological works done in the cuesta and its environs with a view to understanding the. International journal of innovative research in science. Pdf the study area falls within southeastern nigeria in the afikpo basin, bounded by long. Footpaths and feeder roads give accessibility to the study area and its environs. Petrographic analysis were carried out on sixteen samples obtained from amasiri, ozara ukwu, asaga.
Globally, it is known that the largest available source of fresh water for use occurs underground 2. This work was undertaken to study the hydrogeophysical characteristics of umuahia and environs,imoriver basinusing geophysical data. The afikpo sandstone belong to the afikpo syncline which is a well known sedimentary basin, it lies in the south eastern part of the lower benue trough abakaliki. Reyment 1965 studied its type environs and named it the ajali sandstone. Achara, amancho, amangwu, asaga, amoba, okpocha, ekoli, ebunwana. Pdf sedimentology and structural evolution of outcrops in afikpo.
Interpretation of airborne magnetic data over afikpo and environs doi. Pebble morphometric investigations on pebbles belonging to the benin formation at nsie and environs, southeastern nigeria 1bassey e. In light of this therefore, we carried out geological mapping in amaekpu and its environs to study the geological feartures and deposition environment of. The stratigraphic sections were studied in terms of lithology, textural characteristics, sedimentary structures, geobody. The study area lies within the anambra basin which geologically made up of enugu shale and mamu formation. Pdf sedimentology and structural evolution of outcrops. Delineation of shallow aquifers of umuahia and environs. The drainage pattern is mainly dendritic with a few rectangular or trellis patterns and the streams havent reached matured.
The question now borders on its relevance in this modern era. Pdf paleoenvironment and provenance studies of ajali. Pdf structural elements particularly joints and fracture in arochukwu. Geology and depositional environment of clastic sediments at ozara ukwu and its environs, in the southern benue trough, nigeria.
Oso edda and environs is located within the flank of the afikpo basin and detailed geologic mapping was done in other to determine the various stratigraphic framework using the basic field and laboratory procedures. Granomeric analysis of mamu formation and enugu shale. Sequence stratigraphy and palynological analysis of late. See below for the abstract, table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of appendices, list of abbreviations and chapter one. The middle benue trough which is of particular interest in this project work encompasses the study area located in abuni and its environs awe local government of nasarawa state. Interpretation of airborne magnetic data over afikpo and environs. Its stratigraphic position, as well as field relations with the underlying mamu and the overlying nsukka formation, is the criterion used by simpson for assigning a maastrichtian age. Hogue and ezepue 1977 evaluated its textural characteristics and. Ozizza is a town in afikpo north and is located on the axis of 5 0, 54n and 7 0 56 0 e. The nsukka formation upper coal measures conformably overlies the ajali sandstone. Petrographic study of oso and its environs, afikpo basin, nigeria oloto, i. Aba has been noted for its textiles industry, shoe production and manufacture of household.
Odumodu 1department of geology, university of calabar, calabarcrs 2department of geology, chukwuemeka ojukwu university, ulianambra state. A study of ozizza archaeological and ethnographical sites. Afikpo is about 164 square kilometers in size with an undulating topography. This formation was deposited mainly in the anambra basin and afikpo syncline. Ogbaeju site in ozizza with other sites in afikpo and its environs. Research article depositional environment of siliciclastic. The area is bound within longitudes 70 471 301e and 70 551 e and latitudes 50 501 n and 50 551 n. Afikpo ebonyi state, veers southeastwards to arochukwu where it terminates. A study of ozizza archaeological and ethnographical sites and. Map of nigeria showing the study area, afikponorth lga south eastern nigeria ogbonnaya, 2012 topography and drainage of the study area. The study area which is located in the southeastern part of nasarawa state covering about 36 km2 and. The study therefore shows that it is effective in delineating surface potential zones and hitherto a 2d surface aquifer model for groundwater exploration campaigns within obubra and its environs.
The study area is accessible by enugu abakiliki expressway and some track roads and footpaths, the study area is located within the lower benue. However, due to increase in population, much pressure has been ex. Paleocurrent analysis of the sandstone body in akpoha and. Therefore, this study compared other archaeological works done in the area and its environs in order to increase understanding or to throw more light on the human occupation of the area. Survey of intestinal helminth infection amongst school. Subsidence in these basins continued after the santonian. Sedimentology and structural evolution of outcrops in afikpo and its. Ogba eju site in ozizza with other sites in afikpo and its environs. The ranges of depositional environment typical of the lower benue. Download the complete geology project topic and material chapter 15 titled geology of oso edda and its environs here on projects. Contamination indices and heavy metal concentrations in.
Its ministry base is currently at afikpo, the headquarter of. The study area falls within southeastern nigeria in the afikpo basin, bounded by long. Prevalence of eimeria species on exotic chickens ngele. The shale unit underlies the bioturbated sandstones. The study area, afikpo and its environs is located in ebonyi state, south eastern nigeria on latitude 50 530 e and 50 550 e and on longitude 70 550 n and 70 570 n. Pdf this research work presents an airborne magnetic based structural interpretation of afikpo area. Regions that show good to moderate and high groundwater potentials, have a wider distribution all across the study area except at the southernmost part. Due to unique geological features in afikpo basin, different scholars have taken the basin as point of research interest. Geological setting the afikpo subbasin commonly referred to as afikpo syncline is located in southeastern nigeria, and its origin is linked to the formation of the benue trough. E senior lecturer, dept of geology, university of port harcourt, nigeria 1 graduate researcher, dept of geology, university of port harcourt, nigeria2 abstract. The stratigraphy and sedimentology of the ajali sandstone successions in igbere area,afikpo basin were studied in order to determine plaeoenvironmental setting and sourcemodel of. Interpretation of airborne magnetic data over afikpo and. A 2d gis approach for mapping aquiferous zones using. Nigeria abstract amaekpu edda lies within the afikpobasin, a sedimentary basin set up during the late cretaceous period.
Geology and depositional environment of clastic sediments. Major such deformational structures include the abakaliki anticlinorium and the afikpo syncline in the lower benue, the giza anticline and the obi syncline in the middle benue, and the lamurde anticline and the dadiya syncline in the upper benue trough. Udom and esu 2004 carried out a preliminary assessment of the impact of solid wastes. Sedimentological characteristics of ajali sandstone at. Petrographic study was carried out on eleven sandstones samples obtained from oso and environs in. Senior lecturer, dept of geology, university of port. Field report on afikpo basin and its environs by kpe, marilyn george u20105565058 submitted to department of geology. Afikpo, on the west by akaeze and on the northeast by akpoha. Biologically, the land surface of the entire earth surface makes up a small proportion of the total body solid system of living things unicef, 2011. Ozizza is a town in afikpo north and is located on the axis of 50, 54n and. Sedimentology of the turonian ezeaku sandstone in the afikpo. Its stratigraphic position, as well as field relations with the underlying mamu and the overlying nsukka formation, is the criterion. Also, chris abani does not distance himself from traditional rituals. The study area falls within ebonyi state fig1 particularly abakaliki and its environs which includes villages like ekaenu inyimagu, onuebonyi, ogbuchii amaechi, agbaja, ugboloke, ndiedi igbeagu see fig 2 the area is geographical located between latitude 6015n and 6020n and longitude 8005e and 8010e covering a total area of about 81km2.
The lithologic unit of the succession is basically sandstone with shale intercalations. Geology of ozizza and environs, ebonyi state, nigeria. Global missions board gmb of the nigerian baptist convention nbc located in the south eastern region of nigeria. This petrographic study was carried out on eleven variously indurated sandstone sample obtained from oso and environs located in afikpo basin, in the south benne trough, nigeria. Pebble morphometric investigations on pebbles belonging to. Abstract ozara ukwu and its environs the study area is located within the abakaliki basin and the afikpo sub basin, respectively within the afikpo area. Centre and its environs, which is among the seventeen clans in the old afikpo division of. The study area is accessible by enugu abakiliki expressway and some track roads and footpaths.
The field was established in the year 1996 through the activities of operation reach all ora. The petrographic analysis of rock samples from ndagbo and its environs in afikpo area form part of the abakaliki anticlinorium, southern benue trough and yielded several results. The study area amaekpu edda and its environs comprises of villages in afikpo south local government of ebonyi state. International journal of innovative research in science, engineering and technology. Entrepreneurial growth is the greatest employer of labour at lowest cost.
Geology of amaekpu edda and environs, ebonyi state. Petrographic study of oso and its environs, afikpo basin. Although the delta basin appears to be open to the south, there are some. Petrographic and structural evaluation of abuni and environs part of. Thirty 30 vertical electrical sounding data with a maximum electrode spacing of ab2 of 500 meters were acquired using the schlumberger electrode configuration.
The ves data were interpreted using the conventional partial curve. Most of the foraminifera encountered were calcareous benthic suggesting a shallow marine environment for afikpo and its environs. Geochemical and palynological evaluation of limestone in ohafia area, southeast nigeria 1uzoegbu, m. Survey of intestinal helminth infection amongst school children in rural communities of ebonyi state nigeria. Late maastrichtian to danian limestone of nsukka formation in ohafia and its environs were studied to understand the geological processes that affected the rock after its deposition. Afikpo is an undulating terrain with lateral extensive outcrops and formations covering large land. Analysis article 39, january march, 2017 climate 2394. Depositional environment of siliciclastic deposits on the. Detailed geologic mapping was carried out in other todetermine the various stratigraphic lithologic units, depositional environment. A total of ten 10 surface outcrop were collected and analyzed for their palynomorph count around. Detailed lithostratigraphic and petrographic analyses were carried out on thirteen samples obtained from ndagbo and its environs in afikpo basin. Sandstone forms its ridge and the shale forms its valley hulume, 1997. Benue trough and the afikpo syncline boarder the niger delta on the northern limit. Field report on afikpo basin and its 3781 words bartleby.
International journal of innovative research in science, engineering and technology vol. This study focused on the impact of entrepreneurial growth in ebonyi state with special interest to the selected entrepreneurs in afikpo and its environs. The foraminifera that exist in afikpo and its environs are eggenellina mariae, robertina, flourensina intermedia, ramulina sp, gavelinella, cenomanica, gavelinella intermedia, vaginulina kochii and many others. Stratigraphic report of the middle benue trough, nigeria. Sedimentology and structural evolution of outcrops in afikpo and its environs, southeastern nigeria. Evidence for islam in southeast nigeria sciencedirect.
It is a truism that of all the pieces of literature on okigweafikpo, none systematically studied the archaeology of ozizza. Sedimentology and structural evolution of outcrops in afikpo and its environs, southeastern. Climate change, 2017, 39, 6585 publication license this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4. The ikun beach, consisting of shale, sandstone, and limestone, is the older lithostratigraphic unit in the area. Pdf the study area falls within southeastern nigeria in the afikpo basin. Okigwe and its environs, which is the study area is composed of upper cretaceous succession of nkporo shale, mamu formation, ajali formation and nsukka formation. To carry out a detailed study of bende and its environs. Major towns covered by the study includes umuchieze, aku ihube, ihube, otanzo, okigwe, isuochi, leru, uturu and isukwato, with major outcrops being exposed along. The study area, amuroafikpo and its environs is located in ebonyi state, south eastern nigeria.
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