EVALUATION OF SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY AS A DETERMINING FACTOR OF EROSION: A CASE STUDY OF BEHIND NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF LEATHER AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ZARIA
العنوان: | EVALUATION OF SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY AS A DETERMINING FACTOR OF EROSION: A CASE STUDY OF BEHIND NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF LEATHER AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ZARIA |
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المؤلفون: | A. Jamilu, H. S. Garuba, M. K. Aliyu, G. Yahaya, M. K. Mukhtar, G. N. Ugama |
المصدر: | FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES. 5:135-139 |
بيانات النشر: | Federal University Dutsin-Ma, 2021. |
سنة النشر: | 2021 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Hydrology, Soil test, Culvert, Soil water, Erosion, Environmental science, Atterberg limits, Water content, Deposition (geology), Physical property |
الوصف: | Soil Erosion is the detachment, transportation and deposition of soil sediment from one place to another. This has led to loss of lives and infrastructure in many parts of Nigeria. Soil properties play a role in it vulnerability and extent to erosion. This study aims to evaluate selected physical properties as they interact to cause erosion in the study area. The study was conducted in 2012 in a gully site in relation to its potential to erodibility of gully channel. This was done by collection of various soil samples at different depth followed by laboratory analysis to determine the plastic limit, moisture content and other engineering properties. The Results indicated that the soil samples have Atterberg limit that might be considered low, while liquid limit (LL) ranged from 25 – 30, the plasticity index (PI) ranged from 1 – 5%, which suggested that the soils are slightly plastic. Moisture content was moderate. The soil properties investigated played a major role in exacerbating the gully erosion in the area, therefore, the existing culvert should be redesigned and reconstructed taking appropriate consideration of the underlying soil properties |
تدمد: | 2616-1370 2645-2944 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9293e28ac0adcbb8773b29ba35011d0c https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2021-0501-546 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........9293e28ac0adcbb8773b29ba35011d0c |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 26161370 26452944 |
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