Professor A.I Olayinka

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES

• Geological Society of London
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysics Society.
• European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
• Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society
• Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists
• Science Association of Nigeria
• West African Research and Innovation Management Association
• Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association

AREA OF SPECIALISATION: Applied Geophysics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Selection of optimal location of borehole sites in crystalline basement areas of Nigeria.
• Evaluation of the groundwater resource potential of Ibadan.
• Computer Modelling Studies.
• Environmental Geophysics.
• Research Methodologies.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Olayinka, A. I. and Yaramanci, U. 2002. Smooth and sharp-boundary inversion of two-dimensional pseudosection data in presence of a decrease in resistivity with depth. European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 7: 139-165.

Olayinka, A. I. and Sogbetun, A. O. 2003. Laboratory measurement of the electrical resistivity of some Nigerian crystalline basement complex rocks. Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences 9.2.

Olayinka, A. I., Amidu, S. A. and Oladunjoye, M. A. 2004. Use of electromagnetic profiling and resistivity sounding for groundwater exploration in the crystalline basement area of Igbeti, south-western Nigeria. Global Journal of Geological Sciences 2.2: 243-253.

Amidu, S. A. and Olayinka, A. I. 2006. Environmental assessment of sewage disposal systems using 2D electrical resistivity imaging and geochemical analysis: A case study from Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 12.3: 261-272.

Olayinka, A. I. 2006. A guide to preparing research proposals in the geosciences. Ibadan: Mosuro Publishers.