Soil Temperatures in Nigeria

Investigation of groundwater vulnerability to open dumpsites and its potential risk using electrical resistivity and water analysis

“…Though, geological and climatic factors such as soil EC, heat and rain can increase the rate at which a dumpsite MSW decomposes and leaches down the soil to contaminate groundwater [ 37 , 38 ]. The temporal and spatial patterns of soil temperatures in Nigeria were investigated, and it was observed that the effect of latitudinal position on soil temperatures, and air temperatures increase with increasing distance from the coast [ 39 ]. However, there is an exception to this pattern on the Jos plateau due to the elevation factor, soil temperatures increase from the plateau outwards.…”