Dr.Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa
Brief Biography
B.Sc. Geology (ABU), MSc. Petroleum Geology (UM), PhD Petroleum Geology (UM), MCOMEG, MNMGS, MNAPE, MAAPG, MEAGE.| Area of specialization: | Petroleum Geology |
| Email: | nura.yelwa@udusok.edu.ng,nurayelwa@yahoo.com |
| Phone: | +234 8065529000 |
List of Selected Publications
1. Kasim, S. A., Bilal, S., Nura A. Yelwa. (2013). Preliminary Copper ore deposit investigation in Sabon Birni Area, Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 4, Issue 7, July-2013. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Preliminary-Copper-Ore-Deposit-Investigation-in-of- Yelwa/6446e0ab34e61ffc142c0d2e052ab0092283b60b2. Hamidu, H., Garba, M.L., Kana, M.A. and Yelwa, N.A. (2014) Causes of Low Groundwater Yield of Boreholes in Crystalline Basement Complex: A Case Study of Gwantu Town and Environs Southern Part of Kaduna State Nigeria. Water Resources Journal of the Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists, 24, 20-33. ISSN 0795-6495
3. Yelwa N.A., Hamidu H., Falalu B.H., Kana M.A., Madabo I. M. (2015). Ground water prospecting and Aquifer delineation using Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) method in the Basement Complex terrain of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics (IOSR-JAGG) e-ISSN: 2321–0990, p-ISSN: 2321–0982.Volume 3, Issue 1 Ver. I (Jan - Feb. 2015), PP 01-06. DOI: 10.9790/0990-03110106 https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jagg/pages/3(1)Version-1.html
4. Yelwa N. A., Abdullahi I. M., Nabage N.A. Kasim S. A. (2015). Petrography and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of Taloka and Dukamaje Formations, Southern Gadon Mata, Goronyo Local Government Area, Sokoto-Nigeria. Journal of Environment and Earth Science. ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol.5, No.2, 2015: 165-174. https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEES/article/view/19477
5. Babangida Jibrin, Yelwa N. A. (2015). Fault surface geometry: Examples from offshore Niger Delta. Horizon Research Publishing Corporation. Universal Journal of Geoscience 3(3): 83-89, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2015.030302. https://www.hrpub.org/download/20150410/UJG2-13903656.pdf
6. Babangida Jibrin, Yelwa N.A. (2015). Delineating faults using multi-trace seismic attributes: Example from offshore Niger Delta. IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics (IOSR- JAGG) e-ISSN: 2321–0990, p-ISSN: 2321–0982.Volume 3, Issue 1 Ver. I (Jan - Feb. 2015), PP 40-47. DOI: 10.9790/0990-03114047 https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jagg/papers/vol3-issue1/Version-1/F03114047.pdf
7. I. M. Umar, N. A. Yelwa and Babangida Jibrin (2015). 3D Geological Models in Ground Investigation: Examples from the United Kingdom. Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 9(3): 1-6, 2016; Article no. JSRR.20516 ISSN: 2320-0227
8. Hamidu H., Abdullahi I. M., Yelwa N. A., Falalu B. H. and Muhammed D. (2015). Comparative study of groundwater resources in the Basement complex and Sedimentary terrains of Talata Mafara town & environs, Zamfara State Northwestern Nigeria. Pelagia Research Library ISSN: 0976-8610 CODEN (USA): AASRFC www.pelagiaresearchlibrary.com Advances in Applied Science Research, 2015, 6(1):27-33
9. Ezeh, S. C., Mode, W. A., Ozumba, B. M., & Yelwa, N. A. (2016). Sedimentology and ichnology of Neogene Coastal Swamp deposits in the Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria. Geologos, 22(3), 191-200. https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/logos-2016-0020 . https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/logos-2016-0020
10. A. O. Ola-Buraimo, N. A. Yelwa and M. Aliyu (2016). Appraisal of the Middle Cretaceous Sediments in Ubiaja-1 well Through the use of Palynology in Anambra Basin, South eastern Nigeria. Accepted at “British Journal of Applied Science & Technology” Manuscript no. 2015_BJAST_20452-ISSN:2231-0843. DOI: 10.9734/BJAST/2016/20452
11. M. Lawal, S. A. Ayomaya, J. O. Ojero, A. Muhammad, N. A. Yelwa, J. Bello and A. Bello (2017). Integrated Geology and Geochemical Analysis of Eruku Basement Complex, Southwestern Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Science (June, 2017), 25(1): 63-72 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njbas.v25i1.9
12. Lawal, M., Grema, H.M., Ibrahim, H.A., Kitha, M., Yelwa, N.A., Abdullahi, I.M., Muhammad, A. (2017). Determination of origin and Granulometric analysis of river channel sediments of Osi, Southwestern Nigeria. Bajopas Volume 10 Number 2 December 2017. ISSN 2006 – 6996. https://doi.org/10.4314/bajopas.v10i2.43
13. Sabiu Bala Muhammad, Davidson Odafe Akpootu, Nura A. Yelwa, Ibrahim Usman Adamu, Mukhtar Abdulkadir, Mukhtar A. Balarabe and Aliyu Bala (2017). The Angstrom Exponent and Turbidity of water soluble components in the radiative forcing of urban aerosols. Arabian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol.4 (2017) - Issue 1: 18-25. http://www.asrongo.org/doi:2.2017.4.1.18
14. Yelwa N.A., Hamidu H., Kana M.A., Abubakar U. and Falalu B.H. (2018). Spatial Distribution of groundwater resource of the Continental Terminal Aquifers, Sokoto Basin, North Western Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Scientific Research, 17 (2): 2018; March - April; njsr.abu.edu.ng. https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.54.4.655
15. Nabage Nuru Abdullahi, Maigari Abubakar Sadiq, Abdullahi Ibrahim Mohammed, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Aliyu Mustapha, Samson Ochijele Samson (2019). Reservoir potential of Gombe Sandstone around Kalshingi Area, Northern Benue Trough, N-E, Nigeria. Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences) 17 (2019) 91 – 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/sf.19300
16. Mohammed Yerima Kwaya, Hamidu Hassan, Abdullahi Ibrahim Mohammed, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Ibrahim Habib Adamu, Abdulganiyu Yunusa, Mohammed Dauda (2019). Hydrogeochemical characterization and multivariate statistical assessment of Gada town and its surroundings, Iullemmeden Basin Northwestern Nigeria. Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences) 19 (2019) 109 – 120. https://www.bibliomed.org/mnsfulltext/7/7- 1563557404.pdf?1706953103
17. Ozoji T.M., Obaje N.G., Lar U.A., Amadi A.N., Umar M.U., Yenne E., and Nura Y.A. (2020). Characterization of Coal Formations in the Middle Benue Trough and Anambra Basin, Nigeria Using Rock-Eval Pyrolysis. Journal of Mining and Geology Vol. 56(1) 2020. pp. 23 - 30
18. Yousif M. Makeen, Shan Xuanlong, Ayinla Habeeb, Ayuk Ndip, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Adepehin Ekundayo Liang Ye, Elhassan Osman, Fan Daijun (2021). Sedimentology, petrography, and reservoir quality of the Zarga and Ghazal formations in the Keyi oilfield, Muglad Basin, Sudan. Sci Rep 11, 743 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80831-y
19. Yousif M. Makeen, Xuanlong Shan, Mutari Lawal, Habeeb A. Ayinla, Siyuan Su, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Ye Liang, Ndip Edwin Ayuk, & Xianli Du (2021). Reservoir quality and its controlling diagenetic factors in the Bentiu Formation, Northeastern Muglad Basin, Sudan. Sci Rep 11, 18442 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97994-x
20. Mutari Lawal, Gerald Eko Ejiga, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Usman Abdullahi Usman, Terfa Elijah Garba (2021). Transverse fluvial sedimentation in forelands: a numerical modeling approach for characterizing petroleum reservoir. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2021) 14:449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06680-9
21. Terfa E. Garba, Reena L. Richard, Nor Ezzwanis A. Thani, Mohamad Azlan A. Majid, Mutari Lawal, Nura A. Yelwa (2021). Geological Effects on Water Quality: A Review of Issues and Challenges in Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana 50 (7) (2021): 18557-1870. http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2021-5001-03
22. U. Abubakar, S. MUSA, R. P. Tabale, N. A. Yelwa, J. U. Ikechukwu, A. U. Usman, M. B. Usman, M. B. Abubakar, A. Sulaiman, A. Olasehinde, A.Yusuf, S. Mukkafa and A. M. Bello (2022). Depositional Environment of the Tertiary Kerri-Kerri Formation in the Gongola Sub- Basin, Northern Benue Trough: Pebbles morphometric and grain size analysis approach. Bima Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 6 (3) Dec, 2022 ISSN: 2536-6041
23. Singh A., Srivastava A.K., Yelwa N.A., Khare N. (2022). A Review Study on Youngest Toba Tuff Ash, Artifacts and Vertebrate Remains Preserved in the Quaternary Alluvial Sediments of India and Their Significances in Climate and Paleoenvironment Interpretations. In: Khare, N. (eds) Science, Policies and Conflicts of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16254-1_11
24. Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Mohammed Dauda, Abdullahi Aminu Alameen, Mutari Lawal, Jamaluddeen Sani Shehu, and Faruk Sani (2022). Petrographic studies of limestone in Dukamaje Formation at Gilbedi, Gada, Sokoto Basin, Nigeria. FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES. Vol. 6 No. 5, October, 2022, pp 91 – 97. https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2022-0605-934
25. Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Mimonitu Opuwari, Azharuddin Abd Aziz (2022). Biomarkers, stable carbon isotope, and trace element distribution of source rocks in the Orange Basin, South Africa: implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction, provenance, and tectonic setting. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 12, 307–339 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202- 021-01317-9
26. Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Mimonitu Opuwari & Mohammed Hail Hakimi (2022): Shale-gas potential from Cretaceous succession in South Africa’s Orange Basin: Insights from integrated geochemical evaluations, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology. Published by Taylor & Francis. Online ISSN: 1521-0618. https://doi.org/10.1080/1064119X.2022.2118647
27. Faruk Sani & Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa (2022). Effect of various transparent conductive oxide layers on the efficiency of Perovskite solar cells. Accepted Manuscript Number: EJST-2022-05- 029. Equity Journal of Science and Technology, 2022 9(1): 28 – 32, ISSN 2354-1814; E-ISSN 2683-5961
28. Shehu J., & Yelwa N. A. (2022). Investigation of the solid mineral deposits in Kano State’s schist Belt using geochemical analysis. FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES, 6(1), 394 - 401. https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2022-0601-827
29. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Aref Lashin, Abbas Gharib, Afikah Rahim, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Mukhtar Nasher, Naira Lotfy, Wafaa Elshahat Afify (2022). The effect of Pliocene volcanic intrusive rocks and thermogenic gas generation from the Miocene Salif Formation in the offshore Tihamah Basin, Yemeni Red Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology 146 (2022) 105923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105923
30. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Abbas F. Gharib, Mohammad Alqudah, Adeeb Ahmed, Baleid Ali Hatem, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Nor Syazwani Zainal Abidin, Aref Lashin, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Abdullah M. Alqubalee (2022). Geochemistry and organofacies characteristics of organic- rich chalky marl deposits, northern Jordan: Insights into Type II-S source rock. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 225 (2022) 10504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105040
31. Jamaluddeen Sani Shehu, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Saeed Abioye Bello, Abdulrahim Ali Bunawa (2023). Determination of pathfinder elements for gold in the Kano state’s Schist belt, Nigeria: A statistical approach. Science Forum (Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences) 23 (2023) 29 – 33
32. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Mohammad Alqudah, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Aref Lashin; Mikhail Varfolomeev, Baleid Hatem, Afikah Rahim, Souvik Sen, Ahmed Radwan, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa (2022). Early-oil generation potential of Type II-S kerogen in the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) organic-rich carbonate succession from Ajloun region in northern Jordan. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering Published by Springer Verlag, Print ISSN: 1319- 8025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07242-1
33. Atif N. Abass, Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Aref Lashin, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa & Mohamed M. El Nady (2022). Geochemistry of organic-rich shales in the Miocene Miadol Formation, Melut Rift Basin, South Sudan: implications for their organic matter input and oil/gas generation potentials. Arab J Geosci 15, 52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09263-w
34. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Abbas F. Gharib, Mohammad Alqudah, Adeeb Ahmed, Baleid Ali Hatem, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Nor Syazwani Zainal Abidin, Aref Lashin, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Abdullah M. Alqubalee (2022). Geochemistry and organofacies characteristics of organic- rich chalky marl deposits, northern Jordan: Insights into Type II-S source rock. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 225 (2022) 10504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105040
35. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Mikhail Varfolomeev, Syed Mohammad Talha Qadri, Aref Lashin, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Ahmed Radwan, Shadi Saeed (2022). Overview of the Late Jurassic Madbi-Sab'atayn petroleum system in the Marib Concession, northwestern Sab'atayn Basin (Yemen): hydrocarbon from source to trapping. Arab J Geosci 15, 319 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-09576-4
36. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Shadi A. Saeed, Ameen A. Al-Muntaser, Mikhail A. Varfolomeev, Richard Djimasbe, Aref Lashin, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa & Muneer A. Suwaid (2022). The origins of paraffinic oils collected from oilfields in the western Siberian Basin, Russia: implications from geochemical and physical characteristics. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol 12, 35–49 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01325-9
37. Eko Gerald Ejiga, Ismail Yusoff, Noer El Hidayah Ismail, Mutari Lawal, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa (2022). Application of scaling geology in magnetic basement mapping around the Middle Benue Trough in Northcentral Nigeria. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 331 (2022), 106914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2022.106914
38. Alok Kumar, Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Alok K. Singh, Wan Hasiah Abdullah, Nor Syazwani Zainal Abidin, Afikah Rahim, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, and Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa (2022). Geochemical and Petrological Characterization of the Early Eocene Carbonaceous Shales: Implications for Oil and Gas Exploration in the Barmer Basin, Northwest India. ACS Omega Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05148 https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021/acsomega.2c05148&ref=pdf
39. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Shadi A. Saeed, Ameen A. Al Muntaser, Mikhail A. Varfolomeev, Dmitriy A. Feoktistov, Muneer A. Suwaid, Richard Djimasbe, Afkah Rahim, Lanre Asiwaju, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa (2023). Biomarker characteristics of the heterocyclic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the crude oils from West Siberian Basin, Russia: an implication for correlation with organic matter input, depositional environment and maturity. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-023-01685-4
40. Mohammed Hail Hakimi, Alok Kumar, Alok K. Singh, Aref Lashin, Afikah Rahim, Mikhail A. Varfolomeev, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Khairul Azlan Mustapha (2023). Geochemistry and organic petrology of the bituminite shales from the Kapurdi mine, Rajasthan of NW India: implications for waxy oil generation potential. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology (2023) 13:505–521 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01597-9
List of Published Books (Please provide titles, Name of Publishers, URL links and ISBN number)
a) Sunny C. Ezeh, Mode A. W., Yelwa N. A. (2016). Paleoenvironment indicators: classical examples from sandstone outcrop. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN-10: 3659820377; ISBN-13:978-3659820373
b) Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Mimonitu Opuwari (2022). Biomarker characterization of Tertiary shales, Orange Basin, South Africa- Implications for thermal maturity, petroleum source potential and depositional conditions. Book chapter” in the Proceedings of 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3 2020). Indexed in Scopus: Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI).
c) Ajab Singh, Ashok K. Srivastava, Nura Abdulmumini Yelwa, and Neloy Khare (2023). A Review Study on Youngest Toba Tuff Ash, Artifacts and Vertebrate Remains Preserved in the Quaternary Alluvial Sediments of India and Their Significances in Climate and Paleoenvironment Interpretations. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023 N. Khare (ed.), Science, Policies and Conflicts of Climate Change, Springer Climate, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16254-1_11
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