
Dr. Eric Dominic Forson
BSc. Geophysics Coordinator | Level 300 Academic Course Advisor | Convener, Colloquia & Seminars
Contact info
edforson@ug.edu.gh
About
My area of specialization is Geophysics. I have expertise in multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDM), groundwater prospecting and mineral exploration.
Education
- PhD Geophysics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, August 2020
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Education, Winneba, July, 2019
- MPhil. Geophysics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, July 2017
- BSc. Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, June 2014
Research Interest
- Geophysics
CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
- Geophysics for environmental studies
- Machine Learning
- Geospatial Modeling
- Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geodata analytics as applied for predictive modeling of mineral resources, groundwater, geohazard studies and geological mapping.
Publications
- Amponsah, T.Y., Wemegah, D.D., Danuor, S.K. and Forson, E. D., (2023). Depth-based correlation analysis between the density of lineaments in the crystalline basement’s weathered zones and groundwater occurrences within the Voltaian basin, Ghana. Geophysical Prospecting,
- Forson, E. D. and Amponsah, P. O.. Mineral prospectivity mapping over the Gomoa area of Ghana’s southern Kibi-Winneba belt using support vector machine and naive bayes. Journal of African Earth Sciences (2023): 105024.
- Amponsah, P. O., and Forson, E. D. (2023). Geospatial modelling of mineral potential zones using data-driven based weighting factor and statistical index techniques. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 105020.
- Forson, E. D and Menyeh, A (2023). Best worst method-based mineral prospectivity modeling over the Central part of the Southern Kibi-Winneba Belt of Ghana. Earth Science Informatics.
- Forson, E. D., Amponsah, P. O., Hagan, G. B. and Sapah, M. S (2022). Frequency ratio-based flood vulnerability modeling over the greater Accra Region of Ghana. Modeling Earth System and Environment.
- Amponsah, P. O., Forson, E. D., Sungzie, P. S. and Loh, Y. S. A. (2022). Groundwater prospectivity modeling over the Akatsi Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana using the frequency ratio technique. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1-19.
- Amponsah, T.Y., Danuor, S.K., Wemegah, D.D. and Forson, E. D., (2022). Groundwater potential characterisation over the Voltaian basin using geophysical, geological, hydrological and topographical datasets. Journal of African Earth Sciences, p104558.
- Forson, E. D., Wemegah, D.D., Hagan, G.B., Appiah, D., Addo-Wuver, F., Adjovu, I., Osae, F.O., Mateso, S., Menyeh, A. and Amponsah, T., (2022). Data-driven multi-index overlay gold prospectivity mapping using geophysical and remote sensing datasets. Journal of African Earth Sciences, p.104504.
- Forson, E. D., Menyeh, A. and Wemegah, D. D., (2021). Mapping lithological units, structural lineaments and alteration zones in the Southern Kibi-Winneba belt of Ghana using integrated geophysical and remote sensing datasets. Ore Geology Reviews, 137, p.10427, .
- Forson E. D., Menyeh A., Wemegah D.D., Danuor S.K., Adjovu, I., and Appiah I., (2020). Mesothermal gold prospectivity mapping of the southern Kibi-Winneba belt of Ghana based on Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process, concentration-area (C-A) fractal model and prediction-area (P-A) plot. Journal of Applied Geophysics 174, 103971.
- Appiah, I., Wemegah, D.D., Asare, V.S., Danuor, S.K. and Forson, E. D., (2018). Integrated geophysical characterisation of Sunyani municipal solid waste disposal site using magnetic gradiometry, magnetic susceptibility survey and electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 153:143-153,