Hydrogeochemistry, genesis and prospectivity analysis of the different styles of uranium mineralization in India, western Australia, Namibia and South Africa

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Key research interests


  • Genetic and GIS based prospectivity modelling of the surficial Uranium mineral system in the Langer Heinrich Uranium Mines, Namibia.
  • Radiometric dating of surficial Uranium mineralization in the Langer Heinrich Uranium Mines, Namibia.
  • Identification of palaeochannels and interpretation of palaeochannel morphology using various remote sensing techniques, viz., TIR and microwave remote sensing.
  • Palaeochannel detection using night time TIR remote sensing in the Tubas palaeochannel system, Namibia.
  • Hydro-geochemical analysis of extraction of uranium from source rocks, pH-Eh conditions of its transportation in solution and precipitation as carnotite in the Barr area, Pali district, Rajasthan.
  • Spectral characterization, digital image processing of multispectral and hyperspectral satellite images for various geological applications.



Talks, seminars and conferences


  • Mineral Resources In A Sustainable World , 13th SGA Biennial Meeting 2015, Nancy, France
  • IAEA Training meeting on the Uranium Potential and Exploration of Asia and the Pacific 2015, Manila, Philippines.
  • IAEA Technical meeting on Spatial and Quantitative Uranium Resource Assessments, 2015, Vienna, Austria.
  • Talk on GIS-based mineral prospectivity modeling of orogenic gold and surficial uranium mineral systems, Geological Society of Namibia, 2015, Windhoek, Namibia

International publications


  • Joly, A., Porwal, A., McCuaig, T. C., Chudasama, B. , Dentith, M. C., & Aitken, A. R. (2015). Mineral systems approach applied to GIS-based 2D-prospectivity modelling of geological regions: Insights from Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 673-702
  • Chudasama, B. , Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O. P., & Butera, K. (2015). Geology, geodynamics and orogenic gold prospectivity modelling of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin, Ghana, West Africa. Ore Geology Reviews
  • Chudasama, B. , Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O.P. (2015) Modelling gold prospectivity in the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin, Ghana, West Africa, using fuzzy inference systems (FIS), Mineral Resources In A Sustainable World , 13th SGA Biennial Meeting 2015. Proceedings, Volume 4, pp. 1583-1586
  • Porwal, A., Chudasama, B. , Das, R. D., Kreuzer, O.P. (2015) Surficial uranium targeting model and prospectivity mapping of the Yeelirrie Area, Western Australia, Mineral Resources In A Sustainable World , 13th SGA Biennial Meeting 2015. Proceedings, Volume 5, pp. 1871- 1874
  • Chudasama, B. , Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O.P. (2015) Data driven prospectivity modelling of Western Australia for surficial uranium deposits, Proceedings of the IAEA training meeting on the Uranium Potential and Exploration of Asia and the Pacific 2015, Manila, Philippines
  • Chudasama, B. , Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O.P. (2015) Genetic modeling and prospectivity mapping of calcrete-hosted surficial uranium mineral systems in Western Australia, Proceedings of the IAEA technical meeting on Spatial and Quantitative Uranium Resource Assessments, 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Porwal, A., Chudasama, B. , Kreuzer, O.P., Thakur, S. (2015) Quantitative assessments of calcrete-hosted surficial uranium resources in Western Australia, Proceedings of the IAEA technical meeting on Spatial and Quantitative Uranium Resource Assessments, 2015, Vienna, Austria