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Samuel Nunoo, PhD

SENIOR LECTURER

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

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

42

Citations

493

H-index

12

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
11.7
Most cited paper
75
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:36
Publications

42 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Evolution of cohesion and friction angle during microfracture accumulation in rock
HQ Zhang, DD Tannant, HW Jing, S Nunoo, SJ Niu, SY Wang
2015 Natural Hazards 77 (1), 497-510, 2015 Natural Sciences 75
Literature review of other rock piles: characterization, weathering, and stability
VT McLemore, A Fakhimi, D van Zyl, GF Ayakwah, K Anim, K Boakye, ...
2009 Questa Rock Pile Weathering Stability Project. New Mexico Bureau of Geology …, 2009 Humanities 61
Impact of artisanal small-scale (gold and diamond) mining activities on the Offin, Oda and Pra rivers in Southern Ghana, West Africa: A scientific response to public concern
S Nunoo, J Manu, FKB Owusu-Akyaw, FK Nyame
2022 Heliyon 8 (12), e12323, 2022 Natural Sciences 45
Geology, zircon U–Pb dating and εHf data for the Julie greenstone belt and associated rocks in NW Ghana: Implications for Birimian-to-Tarkwaian correlation and crustal evolution
S Nunoo, A Hofmann, J Kramers
2022 Journal of African Earth Sciences 186, 104444, 2022 Natural Sciences 36
Effect of hydrogeological factors on removal of turbidity during river bank filtration: Laboratory and field studies
RL Sahu, RR Dash, PK Pradhan, P Das
2019 Groundwater for Sustainable Development 9, 100229, 2019 Natural Sciences 35
Groundwater characterization including prediction of the quality, fluoride, and nitrate occurrence in a typical artisanal mining area in Ghana: a hydrochemical and multivariate …
M Abu, MS Zango, S Nunoo, M Anim-Gyampo
2023 Groundwater for Sustainable Development 23, 101041, 2023 Natural Sciences 31
Assessment of natural radioactivity and radon exhalation rate associated with rock properties used for construction in greater Accra region, Ghana
F Otoo, EO Darko, M Garavaglia, OK Adukpo, JK Amoako, JB Tandoh, ...
2021 Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 328 (3), 911-923, 2021 Engineering 22
Numerical study of the evolution of cohesion and internal friction in rock during the pre-peak deformation process
HQ Zhang, S Nunoo, DD Tannant, SY Wang
2015 Arabian Journal of Geosciences 8 (6), 3501-3513, 2015 Natural Sciences 17
Crustal evolution of alternating Paleoproterozoic belts and basins in the Birimian terrane in southeastern West African Craton
PA Sakyi, D Kwayisi, S Nunoo, E Ocran, BX Su, SPK Malaviarachchi
2024 Journal of African Earth Sciences 220, 105449, 2024 Natural Sciences 15
The geology and geochemistry of the Rhyacian Josephine gold deposit, Northwest Ghana
F Atanga, PO Amponsah, S Nunoo, D Kwayisi, ED Forson, TM Akabzaa, ...
2023 Applied Earth Science 132 (3-4), 252-270, 2023 Natural Sciences 15
Inorganic geochemistry and hydrocarbon potential of the Voltaian Basin of Ghana, West Africa
M Abu, OA Ehinola, MA Adeleye, DK Asiedu, S Nunoo
2022 Marine and Petroleum Geology 141, 105685, 2022 Natural Sciences 14
Deciphering structures and deformation of the Obuom gold Prospect, central Ashanti belt of Ghana: a lithostructural approach
S Nunoo, J Manu, VO Olarewaju, DK Asiedu, PM Nude
2016 Journal of African Earth Sciences 124, 159-170, 2016 Natural Sciences 14
Geochemistry, enrichment mechanisms and geomedical assessment of fluoridated groundwater in some parts of the largest semi-arid sedimentary basin in Ghana
ED Sunkari, OD Zeon, A Asante-Annor, S Nunoo, AA Ambushe
2025 Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 107924, 2025 Natural Sciences 12
Decision making for capacity expansion of water supply systems
H Alhassan, G Naser, AS Milani, S Nunoo
2015 Journal of Water Resource and Protection 7 (16), 1280, 2015 Natural Sciences 12
The search for plausible economic mineral deposits in the central parts of Tanzania; insight from stream sediment geochemistry, multivariate statistics and geostatistics
S Nunoo, BN Mvile, M Abu, JD Kelimenze
2023 Heliyon 9 (12), 2023 Natural Sciences 11
Lessons learnt from open pit wall instabilities: case studies of BC open pit hard rock mines
S Nunoo
2018 Journal of Mining Science 54 (5), 804-812, 2018 Natural Sciences 10
Geochemical and multivariate statistical characterization of shales of the Oti− Pendjari Group of the Neoproterozoic Basin of Ghana: implication of paleoweathering, climatic …
M Abu, S Nunoo, RW Kazapoe
2023 Journal of Sedimentary Environments 8 (2), 115-135, 2023 Natural Sciences 9
Crustal modelling from Pan-African granites of the Colomine Gold District, SE Cameroon: insights from zircon U-Pb dating and Lu-Hf isotope systematics
RB Ngatcha, CE Suh, OA Okunlola, S Nunoo, KI Ateh, M Elburg, ...
2022 Journal of African Earth Sciences 187, 104441, 2022 Natural Sciences 9
Neoproterozoic passive margin formation and evolution during the Rodinia–Gondwana supercontinent cycle at the eastern margin of the West African Craton
D Kwayisi, PO Amponsah, NA Agra, S Nunoo, J Thompson, RW Kazapoe, ...
2024 Geological Magazine 161, e14, 2024 Natural Sciences 7
Literature review of other rock piles: characterization, weathering, and stability: unpublished report to Molycorp Management
VT McLemore, A Fakhimi, D van Zyl, GF Ayakwah, K Boakye, K Anim, ...
2008 Task B4 2, 97, 2008 Humanities 7
Applying machine learning techniques for sea level rise forecasting in Axim: tackling missing data and outliers
E Ayitey, F Ayiah-Mensah, S Nunoo, JA Addor
2025 Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 11 (3), 164, 2025 Engineering 4
Geological evaluation of black shale as a suitable Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) to optimize the use of clinker in cement production
S Nunoo, TA Owusu-Sasu, PO Amponsah, F Achampong, M Abu, ...
2024 Heliyon 10 (19), 2024 Natural Sciences 4
Groundwater potential modeling over the eastern part of Ghana’s Northern Region using evidence belief functions and weight of evidence
ED Forson, EA Dzikunoo, PO Amponsah, A Menyeh, S Nunoo, ...
2024 Earth Science Informatics 17 (3), 2737-2753, 2024 Natural Sciences 4
Multi-method machine learning techniques in gold pathfinder elements prediction in central parts of Tanzania using stream sediment geochemical data
S Nunoo, M Abu, E Ayitey, BN Mvile, JD Kalimenze
2024 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 136, 103766, 2024 Engineering 4
Monitoring and managing large deformation pit slope instabilities at a British Columbia copper mine
G Dick, S Nunoo, S Smith, W Newcomen, D Kinakin, I Stilwell, ...
2020 Slope Stability 2020: Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on …, 2020 Natural Sciences 4