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David Atta-Peters

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Geology, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH. OF PHYSICAL & MATH. SC.
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE
palynologypalynofaciesorganic geochemistrystratigraphypalaeontology
Publications

39

Citations

614

H-index

15

i10-index

21

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.7
Most cited paper
55
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:01
Publications

39 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Source rock evaluation and hydrocarbon potential in the Tano basin, South Western Ghana, West Africa
D Atta-Peters, P Garrey
2014 International journal of oil, gas and coal engineering 2 (5), 66-77, 2014 Engineering 55
Aptian–Maastrichtian palynomorphs from the offshore Tano Basin, western Ghana
D Atta-Peters, MB Salami
2006 Journal of African Earth Sciences 46 (4), 379-394, 2006 Natural Sciences 55
Late Cretaceous to early tertiary pollen grains from offshore Tano basin, Southwestern Ghana
D Atta-Peters, MB Salami
2004 Revista Espanola de micropaleontologia 36 (3), 451-465, 2004 Natural Sciences 52
6. Ghana’s Quest for Oil and Gas: Ecological Risks and Management Frameworks
PA Sakyi, JK Efavi, D Atta-Peters, R Asare
2012 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 20 (1), 57-72, 2012 Natural Sciences 45
Palynology, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of sedimentary organic matter from Bonyere-1 Well, Tano basin, western Ghana
D Atta-Peters, CI Agama, DK Asiedu, E Apesegah
2013 International Letters of Natural Sciences 5, 2013 Natural Sciences 44
Provenance of late Ordovician to early Cretaceous sedimentary rocks from southern Ghana, as inferred from Nd isotopes and trace elements
DK Asiedu, E Hegner, A Rocholl, D Atta-Peters
2005 Journal of African Earth Sciences 41 (4), 316-328, 2005 Natural Sciences 43
Geochemical and Nd-isotopic compositions of juvenile-type Paleoproterozoic Birimian sedimentary rocks from southeastern West African Craton (Ghana): Constraints on provenance …
DK Asiedu, S Asong, D Atta-Peters, PA Sakyi, BX Su, SB Dampare, ...
2017 Precambrian Research 300, 40-52, 2017 Natural Sciences 40
Geochemistry and provenance of sandstones from Anyaboni and surrounding areas in the Voltaian basin, Ghana
C Anani, M Modupe, A David, K Jacob, A Daniel, D Boamah
2013 International Research Journal of Geology and Mining 3 (6), 206-212, 2013 Natural Sciences 23
SOURCE-ROCK POTENTIAL OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS IN SD-1X WELL, OFFSHORE TANO BASIN, SOUTH WESTERN GHANA.
P Garry, D Atta-Peters, C Achaegakwo
2016 Petroleum & Coal 58 (4), 476, 2016 Natural Sciences 22
Latest Devonian and Early Carboniferous pteridophytic spores from the Sekondi group of Ghana
D Atta-Peters, R Anan-Yorke
2003 Revista Española de Micropaleontología 35 (1), 9-27, 2003 Natural Sciences 21
Palynofacies and source rock potential of the ST-7H well, offshore Tano basin, Western Region, Ghana
C Achaegakwo
2015 Earth Sciences, 2015 Natural Sciences 20
Palynofacies and palaeoenvironmental significance of the Albian–Cenomanian succession of the Epunsa-1 well, onshore Tano Basin, western Ghana
D Atta-Peters, CA Achaegakwo
2016 Journal of African Earth Sciences 114, 1-12, 2016 Natural Sciences 18
Palaeoclimatic control on the composition of Palaeozoic shales from southern Ghana, West Africa
DK Asiedu, D Atta-Peters, E Hegner, A Hegner, T Shibata
2011 Ghana Mining Journal 12, 2011 Natural Sciences 17
Campanian - Paleocene dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy from offshore sediments in the Tano Basin, southwestern Ghana
D Atta-Peters, MB Salami
2004 Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia 36 (2), 305 - 321, 2004 Natural Sciences 16
Assessment of groundwater quantity, quality, and associated health risk of the Tano river basin, Ghana
AKM Edjah, B Banoeng-Yakubo, A Ewusi, E Sakyi-Yeboah, D Saka, ...
2024 Acta Geochimica 43 (2), 325-353, 2024 Health Sciences 15
Palynofacies analysis and sedimentary environment of Early Cretaceous sediments from Dixcove 4-2x well, Cape Three Points, offshore Tano Basin, western Ghana
D Atta-Peters, NA Kyorku
2013 International Research Journal of Geology and Mining 3 (7), 270-281, 2013 Natural Sciences 13
Ultramafic–mafic and granitoids supra‐subduction magmatism in the southern Ashanti volcanic belt, Ghana: Evidence from geochemistry and Nd isotopes
SB Dampare, T Shibata, DK Asiedu, O Okano, SKD Osae, D Atta‐Peters, ...
2020 Geological Journal 55 (4), 2495-2531, 2020 Natural Sciences 12
Cretaceous-Palaeogene palynology of the Keta-1 well offshore Keta basin, southeastern Ghana
L Apaalse
2013 Natural Sciences 12
PALYNOFACIES, ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE TAKORADI 11-1 WELL, SALTPOND BASIN, GHANA.
D Atta-Peters, CA Achaegakwo, P Garrey
2015 Petroleum & Coal 57 (5), 478, 2015 Natural Sciences 11
Palynology, palynofacies and paleoenvironmental studies of the Late Devonian sediments of the Atiavi-1 well, Keta Basin, southeastern Ghana
D Atta-Peters, CA Achaegakwo
2017 Journal of African Earth Sciences 129, 504-518, 2017 Natural Sciences 10
Depositional environment of the Takoradi Sandstone formation of the Sekondian Group, western Ghana, as revealed by textural analysis
DK Asiedu, D Atta-Peters, R Peprah
2000 Ghana Mining Journal 6, 53-58, 2000 Natural Sciences 10
Palynofacies analysis and depositional environments of Upper Cretaceous sediments in the ST‐9H well, offshore South Tano Basin, Western Ghana
CA Achaegakwo, D Atta‐Peters
2021 Geological Journal 56 (6), 3225-3240, 2021 Natural Sciences 9
Occurrences of elaterate pollen from the Lower Cretaceous of Ghana: Implications for biostratigraphy and palaeoclimatology
D Atta-Peters
2013 International Letters of Natural Sciences 4, 2013 Natural Sciences 9
Early Cretaceous miospores from Essikado sandstone formation of the Sekondian Group of Ghana
D Atta-Peters
2000 Revista española de micropaleontología 32 (2), 245-257, 2000 Natural Sciences 9
Upper Devonian Acritarchs from the Takoradi Shale Formation of the Sekondian Group
D Atta-Peters
1999 Ghana Mining Journal 5, 1 - 10, 1999 Natural Sciences 7