Investigation of Road Bank Failures based on Mineralogical Composition Studies in Kano-Abuja Road Northern, Nigeria

  • Authors

    • Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin
    • Musa Garba Abdullahi
    • Mohd Hariri Arifin
    • Roslan Umar
    • Muhammad Hafiz Md Saad
    • Iya Garba
    2018-12-13
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.23852
  • Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogical composition, Geomorphological, Topography.

  • Abstract

    This article investigated the general compositions of the areas (the road) including the geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry to explore the reason for the road failure. The zone is underlain basement (storm cellar) and sedimentary rocks of different textures, mineralogy, and geochemistry. The results implies that the areas that is most stable along the road portions is underlain by the granite-gneiss, granites, amphibole schist and quartz, schist and small sandstone while portions with the failures are underlain by mica schist, phyllite, and coarse-grained granite. It is apparently sure from this study that poor quality metasedimentary rocks constitute the formation of the failed portions. However, the high numbers of the sediment and sandstone present in the area that can easily be weathered due to the climate variation have increased the failure. In conclusion, the result will help the engineers during reconstruction of these parts need to be excavating deeply and replace with granite-gneiss, granites, amphibole schist and quartz for better result.

     

     

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    Khairul Amri Kamarudin, M., Garba Abdullahi, M., Hariri Arifin, M., Umar, R., Hafiz Md Saad, M., & Garba, I. (2018). Investigation of Road Bank Failures based on Mineralogical Composition Studies in Kano-Abuja Road Northern, Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.34), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.34.23852

    Received date: 2018-12-13

    Accepted date: 2018-12-13

    Published date: 2018-12-13