Prof. Chris Y. Anani

Contact info cyanani@ug.edu.gh

Research Interest

1. Provenance of Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks

2. Petrology, Geochemistry of sandstones in the Voltaian Group

3. Transport and depositional processes of sediments

Publications

  • Sakyi P.A., Su B–X., Manu J, Kwayisi D., Anani. C.Y., Alemayehu M., Malaviarachchi S.P.K., Nude P.M., Su B–C. (2020). Origin and tectonic significance of the metavolcanic rocks and mafic enclaves from the Paleoproterozoic Birimian terrane, SE West African Craton, Ghana. Geological Magazine https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681900150X
  • Meng-Meng Cui, Ben-Xun Su, Jing Wang, Kai-Yun Chen, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, Dong-Mei Tang, Yun-Peng He, Jing-Gui Sun, Jun Cui, Chris Yao Anani, Dong-Lin Gao (2020). Alaskan-type nature and PGE mineralization of the Wuxing mafic–ultramafic complex in eastern part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Ore Geology Review 123, 103566
  • Sandow Mark Yidana, Elikplim Abla Dzikunoo, Abdul-Samed Aliou, Richard Mejida Adams, Larry Pax Chagbeleh, Chris Anani (2020). The geological and hydrogeological framework of the Panabako, Kodjari, and Bimbilla formations of the Voltaian supergroup – Revelations from groundwater hydrochemical data. Applied Geochemistry 115, 104533
  • Chris Y. Anani, Richard O. Anim, Benjamin N. Armah, Joseph F Atichogbe, Patrick Sakyi, Edem Mahu, Daniel K. Asiedu (2019). Petrography of Detrital Zircons from Sandstones of the Devonian Accraian Formation, Southeast Ghana: Implications on Provenance. Geological Journal. DOI:10.1002/gj.3633.
  • Anani C.Y., Mahamuda A., Kwayisi D., Asiedu D.K. (2017). Provenance of sandstones from the Neoproterozoic Bombouaka Group of the Volta Basin, northeastern Ghana. Arabian Journal of Geoscience 10(21):465. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-017-3243-2.
  • Anani C.Y, Bonsu S, Kwayisi D. Asiedu D.K. (2019). Geochemistry and Provenance of Neoproterozoic Metasedimentary Rocks from the Togo Structural Unit, Southeastern Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 153, 208-218.
  • Anani, C.Y., Kwayisi, D., Agra, N.A., Asiedu, D.K. (2018). Provenance of shales and sandstones from the Devonian Accraian Group, southern Ghana. Geosciences Journal, 22,393-405. 
  • Anani C.Y., Jennifer Agbetsoamedo, Daniel kwayisi, Edem Mahu., Asiedu D. K (2019). Geochemical Composition of Siderite as an indicator for the Depositional Environment of the Takoradi Shale Formation, Southern margin of the West African Craton, Ghana. Journal of Mining and Geology, 55(2), 207-216.
  • Mahu, E., Asiedu, D.K., Nyarko, E., Hulme, S., Coale, K.H., Anani, C.Y. (2018). Provenance, paleo-weathering and -redox signatures of estuarine sediments from Ghana, Gulf of Guinea. Quaternary International, 493, 176–186.
  • Daniel K. Asiedu, Magdalene Agoe, Prince O. Amponsah, Prosper M. Nude, Chris Y. Anani (2019). Geochemical constraints on provenance and source area weathering of metasedimentary rocks from the Paleoproterozoic (~ 2.1 Ga) Wa-Lawra Belt, southeastern margin of the West African Craton. Geodinamica Acta, 31(1), 27-39. doi.org/10.1080/09853111.2019.1670414
  • Agbetsoamedo, J., Asiedu, D. K., Atta-Peters, D., Anani, C. Y. (2018) Isotopic compositional characterisation of siderite nodules: Implications for reconstruction of the depositional paleo-environment of the Takoradi shale formation around Essipon, Ghana. Science and Development, 2 (1), 28-37.
  • Asiedu D. K., Asong S., Atta-Peters D., Sakyi P. A., Dampare S.B., Anani C.Y. (2017). Geochemical and Nd-isotopic compositions of juvenile-type Paleoproterozoic Birimian sedimentary rocks from southeastern West African Craton (Ghana): Constraints on provenance and tectonic setting. Precambrian Research 300, 40-52.