Peter G. Cook

14.7k citations

180 papers · 10.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.01%
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Environmental Engineering top 0.02%
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis

Papers in

Geochemistry and Petrology 90
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry 90
Environmental Engineering 129
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies 119
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis 29

Co-authors: Richard W. Healy Andrew L. Herczeg Bridget R. Scanlon Craig T. Simmons Philip Brunner D. Kip Solomon Glen Walker Sébastien Lamontagne
Journals: Journal of Hydrology (45 papers)Water Resources Research (34 papers)Ground Water (25 papers)Hydrogeology Journal (11 papers)Hydrological Processes (3 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Peter G. Cook

174 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Using groundwater levels to estimate recharge 2002 · 973 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Hydrogeology Journal
2002 Hydrogeology Journal
2000 Environmental Tracers in Subsurface Hydrology

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All Works

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1	Quantification of Groundwater Recharge Peter G. Cook, Philip Brunner	2025	1
2	On Groundwater Recharge in Variably Saturated Subsurface Flow Models Water Resources Research ·Chengcheng Gong, Peter G. Cook, René Therrien, Wenke Wang, Philip Brunner	2023	17
3	Managed Aquifer Recharge in Mining: A Review Ground Water ·Marjorie Kowalski Cole, Peter G. Cook, Ilka Wallis	2023	11
4	Defining the Bounds of Using Radioactive Isotope Tracers to Sense Past Groundwater Recharge Under Transient State Conditions Geophysical Research Letters ·E. V. Samuĭlov, Shawan Dogramaci, Peter G. Cook, James L. McCallum	2022	5
5	Comparison of Surface Water‐Groundwater Exchange Fluxes Derived From Hydraulic and Geochemical Methods and a Regional Groundwater Model Water Resources Research ·Camille Bouchez, Peter G. Cook, Daniel Partington, Craig T. Simmons	2021	12
6	Conceptual uncertainties in groundwater and porewater fluxes estimated by radon and radium mass balances Limnology and Oceanography ·Valentí Rodellas, Phillip N. Jones, Joseph Tamborski, Pieter van Beek, 傅艳平, Peter G. Cook	2021	49
7	Worth of hydraulic and water chemistry observation data in terms of the reliability of surface water-groundwater exchange flux predictions under varied flow conditions Journal of Hydrology ·Daniel Partington, Matthew J. Knowling, Craig T. Simmons, Peter G. Cook, Yueqing Xie, Takuya Iwanaga, Camille Bouchez	2020	28
8	Introduction to Isotopes and Environmental Tracers as Indicators of Groundwater Flow Peter G. Cook	2020	22
9	Possible futures for groundwater in Burkina Faso under a changing climate CentAUR (University of Reading) ·Rosalind Cornforth, David Macdonald, Henny Osbahr, Luisa Ciampi, Anett Belo, Anne Verhoef, Emily Black, R. Schaerf, Peter G. Cook, Carman Miller, Michael Williams, Moutushi Hati, Jeong-Uk Ahn, K Kurtev	2019	2
10	What Triggers Streamflow for Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams in Low‐Gradient Catchments in Mediterranean Climates Water Resources Research ·Ida Strömberg, Daniel Partington, Okke Batelaan, Peter G. Cook, Margaret Shanafield	2019	54
11	Groundwater-driven nutrient inputs to coastal lagoons: The relevance of lagoon water recirculation as a conveyor of dissolved nutrients The Science of The Total Environment ·Valentí Rodellas, Thomas Stieglitz, 傅艳平, Peter G. Cook, Patrick Raimbault, Joseph Tamborski, Pieter van Beek, Olivier Radakovitch	2018	68
12	Using hydraulic head, chloride and electrical conductivity data to distinguish between mountain-front and mountain-block recharge to basin aquifers Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Étienne Bresciani, Roger H. Cranswick, Eddie W. Banks, Jordi Batlle‐Aguilar, Peter G. Cook, Okke Batelaan	2018	47
13	Temperature dependency of virus and nanoparticle transport and retention in saturated porous media Journal of Contaminant Hydrology ·Salini Sasidharan, Saeed Torkzaban, Scott A. Bradford, Peter G. Cook, V. V. S. R. Gupta	2016	43
14	Transport and retention of bacteria and viruses in biochar-amended sand The Science of The Total Environment ·Salini Sasidharan, Saeed Torkzaban, Scott A. Bradford, Rai S. Kookana, Declan Page, Peter G. Cook	2016	74
15	Use of laser-scan technology to analyse topography and flow in a weir pool Hydrology and earth system sciences ·P. Evan Dresel, Kayla Bagwell, Joshua Dean, María Angélica Giordano Paredes, John A. Webb, Peter G. Cook	2012	6
16	Disconnected Surface Water and Groundwater: From Theory to Practice Ground Water ·Philip Brunner, Peter G. Cook, Craig T. Simmons	2010	104
17	Estimating Flow Using Tracers and Hydraulics in Synthetic Heterogeneous Aquifers Ground Water ·Marie Larocque, Peter G. Cook, Gillian Gold, Craig T. Simmons	2009	35
18	Discretizing the Fracture‐Matrix Interface to Simulate Solute Transport Ground Water ·Deutsche Sportjugend, Thomas Graf, Craig T. Simmons, Peter G. Cook, René Therrien, D. A. Reynolds	2008	44
19	Determining soil and ground water use of vegetation from heat pulse, water potential and stable isotope data Oecologia ·Peter G. Cook, Anthony P. O’Grady	2006	39
20	Signal Propagation and Periodic Response in Aquifers: The Effect of Fractures and Signal Measurement Methods Craig T. Simmons, Yu. A. Podoprigora, Peter G. Cook, Andrew J. Love	1999	1

About Peter G. Cook

Peter G. Cook is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Geophysics and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 180 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (119 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (90 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (64 papers), Groundwater and Watershed Analysis (29 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (19 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (19 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geochemistry and Petrology (6.0k citations), Environmental Engineering (6.9k citations), Water Science and Technology (4.8k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.1k citations) and Global and Planetary Change (2.1k citations). Peter G. Cook has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Richard W. Healy, Andrew L. Herczeg, Bridget R. Scanlon, Craig T. Simmons, Philip Brunner, D. Kip Solomon, Glen Walker, Sébastien Lamontagne, Margaret Shanafield and James L. McCallum. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, Ground Water, Hydrogeology Journal and Hydrological Processes.

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