Prof. Eric Dominic Forson

Prof. Eric Dominic Forson

Associate Professor

Contact info edforson@ug.edu.gh

About

My area of specialization is Geophysics and Geodata Analytics. I have extensive expertise in the application of various predictive modeling approaching comprising multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDM), machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence approaches in groundwater, mineral, hydrocarbon and geothermal energy resources as well as flood and landslide vulnerability assessment. ‪

Eric Dominic Forson, PhD‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

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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

  1. Amponsah P. O., Forson E. D., Osei R.D., Menyeh, A., Sakyi, P. A., Mensah-Debrah, J., and Amponsah, T. Y. (2026). Gold mineral prospectivity mapping using gradient boosting machine and decision tree models in northwestern Ghana’s Danyour Area. Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1177/25726838261480241 
  2. Said, A., Mzee, M. A., and Forson, E. D. (2025). Modeling Groundwater vulnerability to pollution on the Southern slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Scientific African, e02933.
  3. Kwayisi, D., Amponsah, P. O., Awunyo, E. K., Sapah, M. S., Sakyi, P. A., Su, B. X., ... and Forson, E. D. (2025). Petrology and geochemistry of the Suhum Basin granitoid complex, Ghana: Implications for crustal growth during the Rhyacian orogeny of the West African Craton. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 222, 105475.
  4. Nunoo, S., Owusu-Sasu, T. A., Amponsah, P. O., Achampong, F., Abu, M., Forson, E. D., ... and Chegbeleh, L. P. (2024). Geological evaluation of black shale as a suitable Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) to optimize the use of clinker in cement production. Heliyon, 10(19).
  5. Forson, E. D. (2024). Regional-residual depth estimation and edge detection characterization over the southern Kibi–Winneba belt, Ghana using aeromagnetic data. Acta Geophysica, 72(4), 2231-2248.
  6. Forson, E. D., Kwayisi, D., Kazapoe, R. W., Ntori, C., Adjei, S. K., Mahamuda, A., ... and Amedzro, K. Y. (2024). Application of a hybrid BWM-TOPSIS approach for mineral potential mapping. Heliyon, 10(11).
  7. Forson, E. D., Dzikunoo, E. A., Amponsah, P. O., Menyeh, A., Nunoo, S., and Amponsah, T. Y. (2024). Groundwater potential modeling over the eastern part of Ghana’s Northern Region using evidence belief functions and weight of evidence. Earth Science Informatics, 17(3), 2737-2753.
  8. Amponsah, P. O., and Forson, E. D. (2024). Mineral Prospectivity Modeling over Julie Tenement of Northwestern Ghana using Geophysical Datasets. Journal of Mining and Environment, 15(3), 791-816.
  9. Forson, E. D., Amponsah, P. O., Wemegah, D. D., and Ahwireng, M. D. (2024). Random forest-based mineral prospectivity modelling over the Southern Kibi–Winneba belt of Ghana using geophysical and remote sensing techniques. Applied Earth Science, 133(1), 30-45.
  10. Amponsah, T. Y., Wemegah, D. D., Danuor, S. K., and Forson, E. D. (2024). 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, 72(2), 497-511.
  11. Forson, E. D., and Amponsah, P. O. (2023). Prediction of gold mineralization zones using spatial techniques and geophysical data: A case study of the Josephine prospecting licence, NW Ghana. Heliyon, 9(11).
  12. 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,
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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, .
  21. 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.
  22. 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,