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Inaugural Lecture/Theses/Project Work
  • Kuma, J. S. Y. (2012), Water, a Critical Factor in Promoting Sustainable Mining, University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Geological Engineering Department, Tarkwa, Ghana, Inaugural Lecture, 15thJune 2012, 40 p.
  • Kuma, J. S. Y. (2002), Environmental Hydrogeology of the Tarkwa Gold Mining District, Ghana, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Civil Engineering Department, England, PhD Thesis, June 2002, 232 p.
  • Kuma, J. S. Y. (1991), Interpretation of High-Resolution Gravity Data over a Granite Related Mineral Prospect in the El-Moto Area, Southern Spain, International Institute for Aerospace Survey & Earth Sciences (ITC), Delft, The Netherlands, MSc Thesis, 4thOctober 1991, 90 p.
  • Kuma, J. S. Y. (1985), The Effect of the Environment on the Tensile strength of some Common Metals in Use, University of Ghana, Physics Department, Legon, Accra, BSc (Hons) Project Work, June 1985, 38 p.
Refereed Journal Publications

  • Coffie-Anum, E., Kuma J. S. Y., Ewusi, A. and Ganyaglo, S. Y., (2024), Hydrogeochemical evolution and isotopic characteristics of groundwater-surface water interaction processes within the Kawere catchment and its hydrogeotechnical implication on pit slope stability at the Nsuta mine, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Vol 26, 101246,

  • Coffie-Anum, E., Kuma, J. S. Y., Affam, M., Awuah-Offei, K., & Ewusi, A., (2024), Evaluation of buoyant action of groundwater and surface water interaction on pit slope stability using hydrogeological-stratigraphic-structural assessment within the Kawere catchment of the Nsuta mine. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/19386362.2024.2314894, 1–14.

  • Ansah, E., Ewusi, A., Brantson,E. T., Kuma, J. S. Y., Opeloye, S. A., Obeng, B. K. and Nuamah, C. (2023), “Sedimentological and facies characterization in the modelling of the Turonian sandstone reservoir package, Jubilee field, Ghana”, Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 9 (1), pp. 1135 – 1168.
  • Seidu, J., Ewusi, A., Kuma, J.S.Y., Ziggah, Y. Y. and Voigt, H. J. (2022), “Impact of data partitioning in groundwater level prediction using artificial neural network for multiple wells”. International Journal of River Basin Management, pp. 1 – 12.
  • Seidu, J., Ewusi, A., Kuma, J.S.Y., Ziggah, Y. Y. and Voigt, H. J. (2022), “A Hybrid Groundwater Level Prediction Model Using Signal Decomposition and Optimised Extreme Learning Machine, Modelling Earth Systems and Environment,  8, pp. 3607–3624,
  • Kuma, J.S.Y., Affam, M. and Asare, N.A. (2021), “Product Marking and Conformity Assessment of Portland Cements on the Ghanaian Market”, Ghana Mining Journal, 21, No. 2, pp. 12-18.
  • Acquah, J., Benyah, F., Kuma, J.S.Y. (2020). A Parameter Estimation Technique for a Groundwater Flow Model. Mathematical Modelling and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 202-213.
  • Acquah, J., Benyah, F. and Kuma, J.S.Y. (2019), Regularisation Technique for a Distributed Parameter Identification Problem, Journal of Mathematics Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, Vol. 11(1), p 64-75.
  • Seidu, J., Ewusi, A. and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2019), “Combined electrical resistivity imaging and electromagnetic survey for groundwater studies in the Tarkwa mining area, Ghana” Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 22-41.
  • Obosu, J. K., Kuma, J. S. Y. and Buah, W. K. (2019), “Estimation of the Quantity of Water in the Abandoned Underground Mine of Gold Fields Ghana Limited Tarkwa: A Potential Source to Augment Water Supply to Tarkwa Municipality” Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 9-20.
  • Gyamera, E. A., Duncan, E. E. and Kuma, J. S. Y., Arko-Adjei, A. (2018), “Land Acquisition in Ghana; Dealing with the Challenges and the way Forward”. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 664-672.
  • Ewusi A., Ahenkorah I., and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2017), “Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment of the Tarkwa Mining Area Using SINTACS Approach and GIS”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 18 – 30.
  • Buah, W. K. and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2016), “Design of a Novel Gas Fired Static Bed Pyrolysis-Gasification Reactor for the production of Activated Carbons”, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 102, pp. 353-360.
  • Ackon-Wood, K., Kuma, J. S. Y. and Yendaw, J. A. (2016), “The Geometry and Structural Analysis of the Gold Deposits of Chirano Mine”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 10 – 19.
  • Ndur, S. A., Kuma, J. S. Y., Buah, W. K. and Galley, J. Y. (2015), “Quality of Sachet Water Produced at Tarkwa, Ghana”, Ghana Mining Journal, 15, No. 1, pp. 22 – 34.
  • Gyamera, E. A., Kuma, J. S. and Okae-Anti, D. (2014), “Classification of Soils and Their Plasticity Index of the University of Cape Coast Research Station at Twifo Wamaso”, International Journal of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vol. 2(1), pp. 025-032.
  • Gyamera E. A., Kuma J. S. and Okae-Anti, D. (2014), “Hydrogeological studies on soils developed over granitic deposits”, International Journal of Advance Agricultural Research, pp. 29-40.
  • Ewusie, A. and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2014), “Groundwater Assessment for Current and Future Water Demand in the Daka Catchment, Northern Region, Ghana”, Natural Resources Research, 23, No. 4, pp. 355-365.
  • Kuma, J. S., Younger, P. L. and Buah, W. K. (2010), “Numerical Indices of the Severity of Acidic Mine Drainage: Broadening the Applicability of the Gray Acid Mine Drainage Index (AMDI)”, Mine Water and the Environment. Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 67-74.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Yendaw, J. A. (2010), “The Need to Regularise Activities of Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana: A focus on the Tarkwa – Dunkwa Highway”, International Journal of Geosciences, 1, pp. 113-120.
  • Ewusi, A. and Kuma, J. S. (2011), “Calibration of Shallow Borehole Drilling Sites using the Electrical Resistivity Imaging Technique in the Granitoids of Central Region, Ghana”, Natural Resources Research. 20, pp. 57–63.
  • Kim, Y. U., Kuma, J. S., Boamah, D. and Sakamoto, I. (2010), “Gold Deposits in the Ashanti Belt, Republic of Ghana, West Africa”, The Society of Resource Geology, (Japanese edition, Shigen Chishitsu), Vol. 63, no.3, pp. 199-206.
  • Duncan, E. E., Kuma, J. S. and Avane, G. (2010), “Surface deformation monitoring in the Goldfields Ghana area”, The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, (EJISDC) 42, 6, pp. 1-7.
  • Kuma, J. S., Owusu, R. O. and Gawu, S. K. Y. (2010), “Evaluating the Water Supply System in Kumasi, Ghana”, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 506-514.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Ewusi, A., (2009), “Water Resources Issues in Tarkwa Municipality, Southwest Ghana”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 37 – 46.
  • Ewusi, A., Kuma, J. S. and Voigt, H. J. (2009), “Utility of the 2-D Multi-Electrode Resistivity Imaging Technique in Groundwater Exploration in the Voltaian Sedimentary Basin, Northern Ghana”, Natural Resources Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 267-275.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Ashley, D. N. (2008), “Runoff Estimates into the Weija Reservoir and its Implications for Water Supply to Accra, Ghana”, Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 33-40.
  • Duncan, E. E. Kuma, J. S. and Frimpong, S. (2008), “Land Use Changes within the Bogoso-Prestea Gold Concession, South West Ghana”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 1 – 8.
  • Frempong, V. E., Asiam, E. K. and Kuma, J. S. (2008), “Management of Acid Mine Drainage within a Wetland in the Tarkwa Area”, Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 43 – 47.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Asamoah D. N. (2007), “Evaluating the acid mine drainage potential at Abosso Goldfields Limited (AGL), Ghana”. Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 8 – 16.
  • Kuma, J. S. (2007), “Hydrogeological studies in the Tarkwa Gold Mining District, Ghana”. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 66: pp. 89 – 99.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Younger, P. L. (2004), “Water quality trends in the Tarkwa gold mining district, Ghana”. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 63: pp. 119 – 132.
  • Kuma, J. S. (2004), “Is groundwater in the Tarkwa gold mining district of Ghana potable?” Environmental Geology 45: pp. 391-400.
  • Kuma, J. S. (2003), “Passive treatment of acid mine drainage–laboratory results from the Tarkwa area, Ghana”. Ghana Mining Journal, 7, pp. 46-53.
  • Kuma, J. S., Younger, P. L. and Bowell, R. J. (2002), “Expanding the hydrogeological base in mining EIA studies – A focus on Ghana”. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 22, pp. 273-286.
  • Kuma J. S and Younger, P. L. (2001), “Pedological Characteristics Related to Ground Water Occurrence in the Tarkwa Area, Ghana”. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 33, No. 2, pp. 363-376.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Younger, P. L. (2000), “Conceptual ground water model and related environmental concerns in the Tarkwa area, Ghana”. Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 42-52.
  • Kuma, J. S., Al-Hassan, S., Stainforth, B. and Thompson, F. A. (1999), “The range of variation in magnetic susceptibility of the rock units at Biliton Bogosu Gold Limited concession, Western Region, Ghana”. Ghana Mining Journal, Vol.5. pp. 11-17.
  • Barritt, S. D. and Kuma, J. S. (1998), “Constrained gravity models and structural evolution of the Ashanti Belt, SW, Ghana”. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 539-550.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Suorineni, T. F. (1996), “A suggested solution to the blind zone problem in shallow exploration surveys”. Engineering Geology: An International Journal, 43, pp. 57-64.
  • Kuma, J. S., Appiah, H., Yamoah, K. and Nartey, R. S. (1996), “Geo-electrical surveys to evaluate a granite deposit near Manso-Amenfi in the Western Region of Ghana”. Ghana Mining Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 22-28.
  • Appiah, H., Norman, D. I. and Kuma, J. S. (1996), “The diamond deposits of Ghana”. African Geoscience Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 261-272.
Book Chapter
  • Ansah, E., Ewusi, A., Brantson, E.T. and Kuma, J. S. Y., (2023)., Petroleum Reservoir Characterisation: A Review from Empirical to Computer-Based Applications, In book: Data Science and Machine Learning Applications in Subsurface Engineering, DOI:10.1201/9781003366980-10, pp. 207-260.
  • Kuma, J. S., Younger, P. L. and Bowell, R. J. (2002), Hydrogeological Framework for Assessing the Possible Environmental Impacts of Large-Scale Gold Mines. Mine Water Hydrogeology and Geochemistry, In (Eds) Younger, P. L. and Robins, N. S., Geological Society Special Publication 198, pp. 121-136.
Published Conference Papers
  • Gyamera, E. A., Arko-Adjei, A., Duncan, E. E. and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2017), Modelling Participatory Geographic Information System for Customary Land Conflict Resolution, ISPRS Ann. Photogram. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV-4/W4, 249-254, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-4-W4-249-2017,
  • Gyamera, E. A., Duncan, E. E., Kuma, J. S. Y. (2017), ‘Modelling PGIS for Multipurpose Cadastre in Ghana”, In: Cadastre Geo-Information Innovations in Land Administration, Yamralioglu, E. and McLauglin, J. (Eds), Springer Int. Pub. and Capital Publishing Company, pp 169-179.
  • Gyamera E. A., Duncan E. E. and Kuma, J. S. Y. (2016), From Legal Cadastre to Multipurpose Cadastre, A new Hope for a Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Ghana, In proceedings of the 4th UMaT Biennial International Mining and Mineral Conference, Tarkwa, Ghana, August 3rd to 6th 8p.
  • Buah, W. K. Kuma, J. S. Y. and Williams, P. T. (2014), Activated carbon Prepared in a Novel Gas Fired Static Bed Pyrolysis-Gasification/Activation Reactor for gold Di-Cyanide Adsorption, In proceedings of the 3rd UMaT Biennial International Mining and Mineral Conference, Tarkwa, Ghana, pp. 243-250.
  • Frempong, V. E., Flemming, R. L., Yanful, E. K., Kuma, J.S.Y. and Amegbey, N.A. (2014), Site Characterisation for Landfill Construction in Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, Ghana. Proceedings of 29th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 30 – April 2.
  • Sackey, M. A., Anornu, G. K., Kuma, J. S. Y. and Kortatsi, B.K. (2013), Cyanide Decay and Metal Speciation in Decant Ponds of Carbon-in-Leach Tailings Storage Facilities – A Case Study at Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine (GFGL), Reliable Mine Water Technology, IMWA 2013, Golden Colorado, USA, pp 457 – 462.
  • Sackey, M. A., Anornu, G. K., Kuma, J. S. Y. and Kortatsi, B.K. and Yeboah, K. A. (2013), Attenuation Potential of Clay Liner Carbon-in-leach tailings storage facilities – A Case Study at GoldFields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa Mine (GFGL), Reliable Mine Water Technology, IMWA 2013, Golden Colorado, USA, pp 451 – 456.
  • Buah, W. K. and Kuma, J. S. (2010), Properties of Activated Carbon Prepared from Coconut Shells in Ghana. Proceedings of the First Biennial UMaT International Conference on Mining & Mineral Processing, “Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology”, Tarkwa, Ghana, 4th – 7th August, 2010, pp. 281-292.
  • Ewusi, A. and Kuma, J. S. (2010), Combining the Multielectrode Electrical Resistivity Imaging (MERI) and Electromagnetic (EM) Techniques for borehole siting in the Voltaian Sedimentary Basin. Proceedings of the First Biennial UMaT International Conference on Mining & Mineral Processing, “Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology”, Tarkwa, Ghana, 4th – 7th August, 2010, pp. 455-467.
  • Adugbire, S. A., Kuma, J. S., Suglo, R. S. and Nartey, R. S. (2010), Community-Based Management of Boreholes in the Talensi-Nabdam District, Upper East Region, Ghana: Problems and Solutions. Proceedings of the First Biennial UMaT International Conference on Mining & Mineral Processing, “Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology”, Tarkwa, Ghana, 4th – 7th August, 2010, pp. 718-735.
  • Gawu, S. K. Y., Amissah, E. E. and Kuma, J. S. (2010), The Proposed Alumina Industry and How to Mitigate Against the Red Mud Footprint in Ghana. Proceedings of the First Biennial UMaT International Conference on Mining & Mineral Processing, “Expanding the Frontiers of Mining Technology”, Tarkwa, Ghana, 4th – 7th August, 2010, pp. 641-663.
  • Asamoah, V. E., Asiam, E. K., Kuma, J. S. (2007). Assessment of a natural wetland for the remediation of acid mine drainage at Tarkwa, Ghana. First International Conference on Environmental Research Technology and Policy (ERTEP), Accra, 16th – 19th July 2007.
  • Asamoah, V. E., Asiam, E. K., Kuma, J. S. (2007). Mineralogical study of AMD – Base waste rocks in a gold mining region in Tarkwa, Ghana. International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, 10-12th December 2007, Accra, Ghana, pp. 232-238.
  • Appiah, H., Norman, D. I., Kuma, J. S., Dankwa, J. B. K., Nartey, R. S., (1992). Source of diamonds in the Bonsa field. Poster presentation, Abstract In the Proceedings of the 9th International Geological Conference of the Geological Society of Africa. “Regional Trends in African Geology”, (Accra, Ghana – 2nd to 7th November 1992). Edited by J. W. Peters, G. O. Kesse and P. C. Acquah, pp. 78-79.
  • Kuma, J. S. and Barritt, S. D. (1992). Integration of geophysical and geochemical data to locate granite related Sn-W-As-Au deposits in the El-Moto prospect. African Magnetic Mapping Project (AMMP) in Arusha, Tanzania, 6th – 10th April 1992.

His Publications

Professor J. S. Y. Kuma has made significant contributions to the field of geosciences, particularly in the areas of Water Resources Assessment and Management, Mine Water Hydrology and Remediation, and Exploration Geophysics. His research publications provide valuable insights into these domains, addressing key challenges and proposing innovative solutions. In the field of Water Resources Assessment and Management, Professor Kuma’s publications sheds light on the sustainable utilization and preservation of water resources. His research explores various aspects such as hydrological modeling, water quality assessment, and integrated water management strategies, providing a comprehensive understanding of water-related issues. 

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Inaugural Lecture/Theses/Project Work

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Refereed Journal Publications

Professor J.S.Y. Kuma has made remarkable contributions to the academic fraternity through his portfolio of refereed journal publications. With meticulous research and rigorous methodologies, Professor Kuma’s publications offer valuable insights into the subject matter. Prof. Kuma’s commitment to academic excellence and his significant contributions to the scholarly community make him a respected authority in his field.

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Published Conference Papers​

Prof J.S.Y Kuma’s publications demonstrate his expertise and commitment to staying at the forefront of their field. His research has the potential to shape the future of their domain and inspire fellow researchers to delve deeper into related areas.

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