Contribution Of Remote Sensing And Electrical Resistivity To Identify Fissured Aquifers Of Basement Area At Kong Locality (North-Eastern Of Côte D’ivoire)

Research Article
Eric GermainKouassi KOUAKOU., Omer Zephir DE LASME.,Abé Parfait SOMBO and Francis William KOUASSI
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0908.2465
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Electrical resistivity, fracturing, fissured aquifers, lineament map, Kong.
Abstract: 

This present study aims to improve supply of drinking water for people living at Kong inside semiarid area. Methodology approach used for this study consisted to mix remote sensing and electrical resistivity methods to identify opened fissures those contained great groundwater quantity. Treatment of satellite images through remote sensing led to obtain lineament map which served as a searching guideline for developing geophysical activities such as two-dimensional electrical resistivity imaging techniques. According lineament map, major fractures occurred following three families principals directions: N130-140, N50-60 and N30-40. Investigations about electrical resistivity operations allowed identifying hydraulically fracturing directions: N30°, N55°, N110°, N120°, N140° and N170°. Following fracture N140° direction drilling characterized with fracturing index reached to 2.59 and 3 meters of weathered materials thickness. This drilling delivered groundwater air-lift yield up to 20 m3/h at depth 70, 102 and 110 meters. Drinking water supply improved by drillings established on fractures identified through synthesis of remote sensing and geophysical approaches.