Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria
Structural analysis of aeromagnetic and Landsat data over Ankpa area, Benue state was carried out to delineate the basement topography, hydrocarbon potentials, groundwater availability and the structures that control basin formation. The Landsat imagery generated from this study was further processe...
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| author | Ikechukwu Boniface Ijeh Maxwell Omeje Faith Onyeujo Oluchi Sunday Joel Emmanuel Oladotun Adewoyin Olusegun Charles Olawole Olukunle |
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| description | Structural analysis of aeromagnetic and Landsat data over Ankpa area, Benue state was carried out to delineate the basement topography, hydrocarbon potentials, groundwater availability and the structures that control basin formation. The Landsat imagery generated from this study was further processed using Geomatica software (version 9.0). The results obtained revealed that the drainage pattern is dendritic which could be associated to the lithological, structural and topographic differences. Also, this may indicate the presence of alluvial rocks, typically of the same geology, mainly of sedimentary rocks. This present study is in good agreement with the areas in the lineament map of high-density structures. The observation showed that the study area constitutes densely lineaments that cut across each other, which may be attributed to groundwater availability and upward migration of hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The structural trend is predominantly in the NE-SW direction and agrees with the Landsat data structural trends. Significantly, this NE-SW trend is in agreement with the trend of Benue Trough (NE –SW) and could be that they have the same structural control. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-976902085ccf4b57acc93222bc7692152022-12-21T19:22:02ZengDe GruyterOpen Physics2391-54712019-12-0117167868610.1515/phys-2019-0070phys-2019-0070Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, NigeriaIkechukwu Boniface Ijeh0Maxwell Omeje1Faith Onyeujo Oluchi2Sunday Joel Emmanuel3Oladotun Adewoyin Olusegun4Charles Olawole Olukunle5Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, KM 10, Idiroko Road, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, KM 10, Idiroko Road, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaMichael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, KM 10, Idiroko Road, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, KM 10, Idiroko Road, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, KM 10, Idiroko Road, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, NigeriaStructural analysis of aeromagnetic and Landsat data over Ankpa area, Benue state was carried out to delineate the basement topography, hydrocarbon potentials, groundwater availability and the structures that control basin formation. The Landsat imagery generated from this study was further processed using Geomatica software (version 9.0). The results obtained revealed that the drainage pattern is dendritic which could be associated to the lithological, structural and topographic differences. Also, this may indicate the presence of alluvial rocks, typically of the same geology, mainly of sedimentary rocks. This present study is in good agreement with the areas in the lineament map of high-density structures. The observation showed that the study area constitutes densely lineaments that cut across each other, which may be attributed to groundwater availability and upward migration of hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The structural trend is predominantly in the NE-SW direction and agrees with the Landsat data structural trends. Significantly, this NE-SW trend is in agreement with the trend of Benue Trough (NE –SW) and could be that they have the same structural control.https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2019-0070lineamentlandsatbasement depthlower benue troughdrainageaeromagnetic91.25.qi43.40.ph93.85.-q07.88.+b |
| spellingShingle | Ikechukwu Boniface Ijeh Maxwell Omeje Faith Onyeujo Oluchi Sunday Joel Emmanuel Oladotun Adewoyin Olusegun Charles Olawole Olukunle Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria Open Physics lineament landsat basement depth lower benue trough drainage aeromagnetic 91.25.qi 43.40.ph 93.85.-q 07.88.+b |
| title | Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria |
| title_full | Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria |
| title_short | Mapping of Lineament Structures from Aeromagnetic and Landsat Data Over Ankpa Area of Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria |
| title_sort | mapping of lineament structures from aeromagnetic and landsat data over ankpa area of lower benue trough nigeria |
| topic | lineament landsat basement depth lower benue trough drainage aeromagnetic 91.25.qi 43.40.ph 93.85.-q 07.88.+b |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2019-0070 |
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