PROBING INTO EARTH SURFACE TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE FORMATION FOR BUILDING AND ENGINEERING WORKS IN PAIKO TOWN AND ITS ENVIRONS

Abstract

This survey was carried out on an area covering about 629 km2 located within latitudes 6o37I E and 6 o 39 I E and longitude 9 o 25 I N and 9 o 27 I N. A combination of lateral profiling with thirty profiles and vertical electrical sounding with ten (10) VES stations per zone. The lowest resistivity found on the resistivity contour map is about 600 Ωm, found at the North-eastern part of the map. The highest resistivity is about 7600 Ωm, found at the mid- central part of the contour map. Thickness are found to be between 9.00m to 35.00 m, 10.00 m to33.00 m and 7.00 m to 22.00 m in different places within the three zones, that is A, B and C. Going by the result from the three zones it is found that the area is generally good and suitable for buildings and other kinds of engineering work