• NERC Data Catalogue Service
  •  
  •  
  •  

Time series inorganic groundwater data for the Oju/Obi area of Eastern Nigeria from 1997 and 1998. Rainfall chloride time series data from selected rain gauges from 1997. Clay mineralogy data from selected boreholes in Oju and Obi.

Oju/Obi is a remote part of Eastern Nigeria. There are severe water shortages during the 4-5 month dry season. The hydrogeology of the area is complex, and groundwater is difficult to find. In an attempt to understand and quantify the available groundwater resources within the area, DFID commissioned BGS from 1997 – 2000 to carry out a hydrogeological review of the area and devise appropriate and effective methods for siting wells and boreholes assessing groundwater resources and how best these resources could be developed. The field study involved the collection of time series data including groundwater chemistry and rainfall Cl along with mineralogical information. These results are being used by WaterAid, Local and regional Government to help local communities develop sustainable water supplies.

Default

Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2000
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607551
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Water supply
  • Mineralogy
  • Groundwater
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent
NG

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent
NGA

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent
NIGERIA [id=629000]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

N
S
E
W


Begin date
1997-04-01
End date
2000-02-05
 

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Ms Excel ()

  • PDF ()

  • MS Word ()

Resource Locator
Data
Resource Locator
Data
 
Quality Scope
dataset
Other
dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Degree
Statement
Samples were collected from selected groundwater sources and rain gauges for a hydrogeological review of the area. Mineralogical samples were taken from the first 10 m of selected boreholes. X-Ray diffraction was used to determine clay mineralogy. A subset of samples were analysed for whole rock particle size analysis.

Metadata

File identifier
973c611b-abc0-1fd9-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-06-27
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  British Geological Survey
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , Wallingford , Oxfordshire , OX10 8BB ,
+44 115 936 3100
 
 

Overviews

N
S
E
W



Publishing Body

Share on social sites

Access the portal
Full access to the portal and metadata.

Associated resources (if any)

Not available


  •  
  •  
  •