Application of Dar-Zarrouk Parameters for Groundwater Protective Potential within the Crystalline Basement Formation, Southwestern Nigeria

Document Type : Original Research Articles

Authors
Adetunji Ayokunnu Adeniji 1
Olumide Oyewale Ajani 1
Theophilus Aanuoluwa Adagunodo 2
James Olayemi Agbolade 3
Ayomide Michael Ayeni 1
1 1 Department of Physics, Bowen University, P.M.B 284 Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria
2 2 Department of Physics, Covenant University, P.M.B. 1023, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
3 3 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Federal Poly Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
10.22059/jsciences.2022.339162.1007711
Abstract
Dar-Zarrouk criteria were used to explore a study region in southwestern Nigeria that was covered by a crystalline groundwater basement complex to illustrate the possibility for groundwater protection. This was accomplished by determining if the research area's protective potentials were predominantly low, weak, moderate, or good. The study's protective potential was calculated using physical subsoil layer data such as apparent resistivity and layer thickness values. For vertical electrical probes, the Schlumberger electrode array arrangement was employed, and twenty probe locations were defined depending on the spread allowed and subsurface depth. The Dar-Zarrouk parameters revealed that there was 70% evidence of poor/weak groundwater protection potential within the study area, implying that the availability of profitable groundwater quality within the study area is envisaging a tragic development due to contaminating activities that could percolate from the topsoil to the subsoil in the near future. As a result, frequent assessment of adequate water quality development and standards is recommended within the environment for the safe use of groundwater resources.
Keywords
Geophysical investigation
Dar-Zarrouk parameters
Groundwater quality
Groundwater contamination
Leachate percolation
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Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran
Volume 33, Issue 3
Summer 2022
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