The study aimed at comparing the resolution and effectiveness of three-electrode arrays (Wenner-α, Wenner-β, and Wenner-γ) in the 2D Electrical resistivity method using Numerical analysis of geological models. Three synthetic geological models that simulate block-one dyke and water layer were generated using RES2DMOD software. The inversion used for the geological models was based on smoothness-constrained least-square inversion which was carried out with RES2DINV. The inversion results were imputed into surfer11 software to examine the image resolution, thereafter absolute percentage error (APE) was calculated to measure the effectiveness of the arrays. The result for the block-one model shows that the Wenner-β array has an APE of 14.45%, the Wenner-α array has an APE of 32.67%, and the Wenner-γ array with an APE of 29.15%. Similarly, for the dyke model, the Wenner-α array, Wenner-β array, and Wenner-γ array have an APE of 69.61%, 57.43%, and 45.49% respectively. However, the results for the water layer model show that the Wenner-α array has an APE of 17.11%, the Wenner-β array has an APE of 12.16%, and that the Wenner-γ array has an APE of 16.21%. Wenner-α is expected to produce an image with the best resolution having the highest APE, henceforth APE suggests the resolution capacity of an array.
One of the primary goals of the World Health Organization (WHO) is for every society to have an adequate supply of safe drinking water. This work aimed to assess the radiological and toxicity impact of ground water of Wurno Local Government Area. Uranium activity concentration from 45 water samples collected from different locations in the study area were determined using HpGe detector, the result from the analysis was used to evaluate the annual effective dose due to ingestion of groundwater from the study area by the inhabitants. Radiological and chemical toxicity risks were also calculated. High level activity was reported in Diggim while low activity level was reported in Nassarawa-Daje. The annual effective doses for adult, children and infants were estimated to be from 0.008 mSvy-1 to 0.32 mSvy-1. The highest risk cancer mortality value was found at Diggim with a value of 4.34 × 10-4 while the lowest value was observed at Nassarawa Daje with a value of 1.17 × 10-5. Chemical toxicity value ranged from 0.59 – 21. 79 µg.kg-1.day-1 with an average dose value of 5.12 µg.kg-1.day-1. The lifetime average daily dose (LADD) values were reported to be higher at Diggim and lower at Nassarawa-Daje with the values 21.79 µg.kg-1.day-1 and 0.59 µg.kg-1.day-1 respectively compared with 0.6 µg.kg-1.day-1 WHO limit standard. Significantly, the high activity level, and chemical toxicity risk reported from this study is an indication that the area may have developed some fractures of granitic strata in the subsurface geology that contributed to the wide distribution of radiation dose.
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