Water Infiltration Study from Magnetotelluric Data in the Limestone Fault Network of Mintom (South Cameroon) - International Journal of Geosciences

IJG > Vol.6 No.9, September 2015

Water Infiltration Study from Magnetotelluric Data in the Limestone Fault Network of Mintom (South Cameroon) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2015.69080 3,016 Downloads 3,895 Views Citations

Author(s)

Harlin L. Ekoro Nkoungou^1,2, Daniel H. Gouet^1,3, Philippe Njandjock Nouck¹, Eliézer Manguelle Dicoum¹

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.
²International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³Institute of Mining and Petroleum Industries, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon.

ABSTRACT

Magnetotelluric surveys have been conducted in the Mintom area in order to evaluate the water infiltration potential of the Dja river in a limestone deposit estimated at about 350 million?m³ laying on a network of faults compromising the exploitation of this limestone deposit. The interpretation of these data shows that this network of faults is clearly highlighted as 2D/3D structures consolidated showing a low potential water infiltration through these structures. This result is confirmed by the absence of confined and induced aquifer along all the profiles. From this finding, we concluded that the exploitation of this deposit is not conditioned by the water infiltration from the Dja River.

KEYWORDS

Limestone Fault Network, Water Infiltration, 2D Magnetotelluric Inversion

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Nkoungou, H. , Gouet, D. , Nouck, P. and Dicoum, E. (2015) Water Infiltration Study from Magnetotelluric Data in the Limestone Fault Network of Mintom (South Cameroon). International Journal of Geosciences, 6, 1007-1017. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2015.69080.

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