The thermal properties of some selected soil samples collected from three landforms, namely Beach Ride Sand (BRS), Coastal Plane Sand (CPS), Sandstone/Shale Hill Ridges (SHR) from Akwa Ibom State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were measured, such as; thermal conductivity (K), thermal diffusivity (λ), thermal absorptivity (α) and thermal resistivity (R); the result obtained shows that K falls within the range of 0.272 – 0.501w/mk, λ = 4.9 x 10-6 – 11.4 x10-8 m2 S-1, α = 17.86 – 27.24m-1 and R also falls within the range of 1.996 – 3.676mkw-1 for all the soil samples, which shows that SHR would make the best soil for building and construction while CPS and BRS are best for planting root crops.
Keywords: Soil Samples, Thermal Absorptivity, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, Thermal Resistivity
