Seismic imaging to help understand and manage water quality in coastal Benin, West Africa

Kyle Lindsay; John Bradford; Stephen Silliman; Nicaise Yalo; Moussa Boukari

doi:10.1190/segam2014-1668.1

Seismic imaging to help understand and manage water quality in coastal Benin, West Africa

Kyle Lindsay
, John Bradford
, Stephen Silliman
, Nicaise Yalo
, Moussa Boukari

Geosciences Department

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Abstract

The coastal city of Cotonou in Benin, West Africa relies on the Godomey aquifer for fresh drinking water. Increased pumping of the aquifer to accommodate rapid population growth has led to salt-water intrusion into the aquifer. Better geometrical constraints on the aquifer lithology are needed to bring the current hydrologic model to the stage of a quantitative management tool, in order to mitigate the salt-water intrusion. Shallow seismic reflection produced a detailed map of the Godomey aquifer and showed it to be a complex system of discontinuous and topographically variable strata. Passive surface wave measurements provided surface wave velocity profiles in a noisy urban environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4554-4558
Number of pages	5
Journal	SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2014-1668.1
State	Published - 2014
Event	SEG Denver 2014 Annual Meeting, SEG 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 26 Oct 2011 → 31 Oct 2011

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