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Surface geophysical methods were used to determine the locations of fracture zones in part of the hard rock area in Sonebhadra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The survey comprises three DC resistivity profile using the gradient profiling technique and ten very low frequency electromagnetic (VLF-EM) traverses profiles. The methods were used over survey lines extending between 200 and 400 m; the results were correlated to locate fracture zones for the purpose of groundwater exploration. Qualitative interpretation of the VLF-EM was carried out using Fraser and Karous–Hjelt filters. The result of the interpretation revealed a number of subsurface zones with high real component current density that defines the potential subsurface features (probably fracture zones). The subsurface feature concurred with the low resistive zones indentified from the gradient resistivity profiling. The zones where further inferred quantitatively using data obtained from DC resistivity sounding at some selected anomalous points. The result obtained proves the efficiency of integrating both methods in detecting fractures zones in hard rock area.
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The authors are grateful to the Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, for providing the necessary facilities required for the survey and also thankful to Mr. Anjani K. Tiwari for his assistance during the data acquisition. We appreciate with profound gratitude the valuable and thoughtful suggestions given by the reviewers and editor which has significantly improved the standard of this paper. Financial support given to the first author by Adamawa State University, Mubi is duly acknowledged.
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Ndatuwong, L.G., Yadav, G.S. Identifications of fractured zones in part of hard rock area of Sonebhadra District, U.P., India using integrated surface geophysical method for groundwater exploration. Arab J Geosci 7, 1781–1789 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-0880-y
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