Publication Date:
2017
Description:
〈b〉Regional estimation of Curie-point depths and succeeding geothermal parameters from recently acquired high-resolution aeromagnetic data of the entire Bida Basin, north-central Nigeria〈/b〉〈br〉
Levi I. Nwankwo and Abayomi J. Sunday〈br〉
Geoth. Energ. Sci., 5, 1-9, https://doi.org/10.5194/gtes-5-1-2017, 2017〈br〉
The recent aeromagnetic data over the Bida Basin, Nigeria, have been used to estimate the Curie-point depths (CPDs), geothermal gradients (GGs), and near-surface crustal heat flow (HF) of the basin. The result shows that the CPD varies between 15.57 and 29.62 km, GG varies between 19.58 and 37.25 °C km〈sup〉−1〈/sup〉, and HF varies between 48.41 and 93.12 mW m〈sup〉−2〈/sup〉. Regions are observed in the basin with shallow CPDs and corresponding high HFs, thus suggesting anomalous geothermal conditions.
Print ISSN:
2195-4771
Electronic ISSN:
2195-478X
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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Geosciences
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