ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL OF KATSINA, (SHEET 34) VIA THE INTERPRETATION OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES USING AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND PANCHROMATIC BAND 8 OF LANDSAT 8 DATA

08 Dec, 2025,

Abstract > Volume 10, Number 1 (2024) > 1Tawey, M.D., 2Mohammed, I., 3Ibrahim, A. A., Adebayo A.O., Aminu G.H., Dogara S. B.download full paper

ABSTRACT

This research was aimed to delineate the groundwater potential zone within Katsina and its environs using aeromagnetic and panchromatic band 8 of the Landsat 8 dataset via structural interpretation. To achieve the aim, the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) was applied to the residual magnetic intensity data of the study reduced to the equator (RTE) to delineate the subsurface structures. The Geomatica software helped extract the surface structures in the panchromatic band 8 of the Landsat 8 image. The surface and subsurface structures were merged to obtain the composite structural map of the study area. Line density analysis of the spatial analyst tool of ArcMap version 10.0.7 was applied to produce the total structural density map of the area that was subsequently classified into very-low, low, moderate, high and very-high groundwater potential zones. The work revealed that the very high groundwater potential zone covers 19,640.14 hectares and was estimated to be 6.54 % of the total study area with a structural density range of 1.40 km/km2 to 1.75 km/km2 . The high groundwater potential zones have structural densities that range from 1.05 km/km2 to 1.40 km/km2 covering 55,561.78 hectares with an estimated 18.50 % of the total study area. The moderate groundwater potential zones have structural density ranging from 0.7 km/km2 to 1.1.05 km/km2 covering 81,834.02 hectares with an estimated 27.25 % of the total study area. The low groundwater potential zones range from 0.35 km/km2 to 0.70 km/km2 covering 78,719.77 hectares with an estimated 26.26 % of the total study area. Portions with very-low groundwater potential zones have structural densities that range from 0 km/km2to 0.35 km/km2covering 64,550.86 hectares with an estimated 21.50 % of the total study area. since structures are conduits for groundwater within the study area, boreholes drilled within the very high and high groundwater potential zones will be very productive. Also, the result of this study will be helpful in groundwater management decisions within the studied zone.

KEYWORDS:  Groundwater potential, structure, borehole, structural interpretation and structural density

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