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Comparison of Conventional Schlumberger and Modified Schlumberger Arrays in Estimating Aquifer Parameters in A Typical Basement Complex, Southwestern Nigeria
This study compared the interpretation results of the Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) data acquired using the conventional Schlumberger and modified Schlumberger arrays with a view to assessing the effectiveness of the modified Schlumberger arrays of VES as alternatives to the conventional Schlumberger array at sites with space constraint during geophysical exploration. A total of thirty (30) VES data for both conventional Schlumberger and modified Schlumberger arrays were collected across different rock units within Federal University Oye-Ekiti campus and Irare estate in Oye-Ekiti metropolis, south-western Nigeria, with electrode spacing
Direct current electrical resistivity forward modeling using comsol multiphysics
Forward modeling of direct current (DC) resistivity is very important for the inversion of the resistivity
data to obtain the true resistivity of the subsurface. In this study, we demonstrated finite‐element
forward modeling of DC resistivity method with point electric source using COMSOL Multiphysics. We
employed the AC/DC module in COMSOL which often provides comparatively easy implementation of
models and permits exterior boundaries to be placed at infinity, a boundary condition often experienced
in most geophysical problems. The validity and effectiveness of the results of numerical simulation using
COMSOL Multiphysics were evaluated by comparing the output of the numerical simulations with the
calculated analytic solutions. The result reveals that the numerical simulation is in agreement with the
analytic solution. This study shows that COMSOL Multiphysics can be used to simulate the distribution of
electrical potentials of point source in 3D space in real life and the information from this study can be
used for further studies, such as DC resistivity inversions