Abstract
This research work aims at evaluating the geothermal energy potentials of the Rafin Rewa warm spring (RRWS) of the Precambrian Basement Complex in Nigeria as an alternative energy source using integrated aeromagnetic geophysical techniques. Four aeromagnetic dataset were acquired, assemblage, analyzed, and interpreted using integrated geophysical processing techniques of spectral analysis and Euler deconvolution. Qualitative interpretation of the residual anomalous map reveals a distribution of positive anomalies (> 53 nT) majorly in the central and southeastern regions, which are traced to the granitic rocks, while the low anomalies (< − 1.5 nT) have been traced to the RRWS location emanating from the coastal plain sands of the Pliocene, Pleistocene, Oligocene, and Miocene ages. Quantitatively, the depth to the top (DTT) of the anomalous bodies reveals a depression that is almost intersecting with the Curie point depth (CPD) plot at the RRWS location, which indicates high heat flow in the RRWS region. The Spectral Analysis results reveal that the DTT and the CPD in this area ranges from 0.512 to 0.761 km and 6.504 to 10.582 km, respectively while the average CPD is 8.543 ± 0.325 km. It is observed that the DTT and CPD decrease as one move away from the RRWS region. The computed heat flow average was 160.76 ± 19.09 mW/m2 within the RRWS region. The Euler deconvolution result reveals the presence of geological structures, which were interpreted as faults and fractures. The major fractures trend in the east–west (E-W) directions, while the minor fractures trend northeast-southwest (NE-SW) directions. The geochemical result presented shows that iconic compositions impact the convective heat transfer processes associated with geothermal systems. It was conclusively believed that regions with comparable shallow CPDs could be viable for further geothermal energy investigations.
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