MY FIELD TRIP TO EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA
My Fieldtrip continues continues in afikpo, Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Afikpo is blessed with vast land mass, which are vegetated, with shrubs, games, trees, and grasses. Ebonyi is known for agro products like their rice, yam, corn, different and nutricious species of agricultural product.
Location of Afikpo: it is located at 6°N latitude north latitude and 8°E longitude.
It is the second biggest city in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Land mass: It has an area of 240km².
Topography: Afikpo has highlands and low lands (Basin/deposits)
Population: Population of 156,611 at the 2006 census.
Occupation of the locals: Most of the indigines are farmers, they produce rice, yam, plantain, while some are hunters
The geographical entity known as (Afikpo) is situated in the southern part of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is bounded to the north by the town of Akpoha in Amoha Local Government Area, to the south by Unwana and Edda in Ubeyi and Afikpo South Local Government Areas respectively.
Briefing of the journey:
All bags and luggages were set to move from Rivers state to Ebonyi State.
Checklist for this adventure include:
my camera phone📱 (infinix note 3) for taking photos
walking staff: for holding when climbing and beating the bushes.
face cap 👒: Prevent the sub face from your face.
GPS: For location and altitude
Compass
food and water supply
A bag: to put everything inside
Safety boot👟👞👢: to protect from bite and injury,rigid support on that terrain!
Note pad and stationery 📝
So we are ready, lets go on this adventure guys, lets do it👍🙌...i got some friends here on this adventure too, so join me, lets have fun steemians!.
Just got out from the hostel, had to use our bus to get to our location, which was like some miles ahead, on getting there, the bus couldnt go uphill, well we had to trek uphill.
Here are some shot from the afikpo
Preye starring at a laminated sandstone at akpoha
Rocks present in this location include:
• Sandstone
• Limestone
• Mudstone
• Kaoline
• And other metamorphic rocks too
Here are some samples i brought back for thin sectioning and lab analysis
Here is a shot clip of me and my friends crossing the Azu River
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Una de las mejores cosas en la etapa universitaria son las salidas de campo, es ahí donde ponemos en práctica lo aprendido en el salón de clases. Al parecer se divirtieron bastante... ¡Saludos!
Muchas gracias, todavía me encanta ir a mini excursiones y excursiones individuales, las rocas me hablan
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OH cool, I just read an interesting article on this process.
Are you planning on posting your results?
Not sure about that, it is expensive to run in the lab, and i dont have the machines, i just know the basics of thin sectioning. Not too broad
Rocks amazing