Education

[Bsc, MPhil (Ghana), PhD (Johannesburg)]

Research Interest

1. Metallogeny of greenstone rocks, petrochemical and isotopic approach

2. Structural controls on ore-bearing fluid migration and deposition

3. The sequestration of metals and incorporation into potential mineral carriers

Publications

• Abu, M., Nunoo, S., Kazapoe, R.W. (2023). Geochemical and multivariate statistical characterization of Shales of the Oti-Pendjari Group of the Neoproterozoic Basin of Ghana: Implication of paleoweathering, climatic conditions, and provenance. Journal of Sedimentary environments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-023-00125-x
• Nunoo, S., Manu, J., Owusu-Akyaw, F.K.B., Nyame, F.K. (2022). 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. Journal Heliyon, 8 (12), e12323.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12323
• Abu, M., Ehinola, O.A., Adeleye, M.A., Asiedu, D.K., Nunoo, S. (2022). Inorganic geochemistry and hydrocarbon potential of the Voltaian basin of Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology 141, 105685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105685
• Ngatcha, R.B., Suh, C.E., Okunlola, O.A., Nunoo, S., Ateh, K.I., Elburg, M., Hofmann, A. (2022). Crustal modelling from Pan-African granites of the Colomine Gold District, SE Cameroon: Insights from zircon U-Pb dating and Lu-Hf isotope systematics. Journal of African Earth Science 186, 104441.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104441
• Nunoo, S., Hofmann, A., Kramers, J. (2022). 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. Journal of African Earth Science 186, 104444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104444
• Otoo, F., Darko, E.O., Massimo Garavaglia, M., Adukpo O.K., Amoako, J.K., Tandoh, J.B., Inkoom, S., Nunoo, S., Adu, S. (2021). Assessment of natural radioactivity and radon exhalation rate associated with rock properties used for construction in greater Accra region, Ghana. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 328, 911– 923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07709-9
• Tawiah, C., Manu, J., Nunoo, S., Hayford, E. (2018). A comparative study of bulk leach extractable gold (BLEG) and fire assay methods on the Wassa deposit at golden star Wassa mine limited. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 7 (1), 15 - 19. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbas.v7i1.8267