Peter G. Cook

14.8k citations

180 papers · 11.1k · 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

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

Co-authors: Richard W. Healy (3 shared papers)Andrew L. Herczeg (5 shared papers)Bridget R. Scanlon (5 shared papers)Craig T. Simmons (36 shared papers)Philip Brunner (15 shared papers)D. Kip Solomon (8 shared papers)Glen Walker (10 shared papers)Sébastien Lamontagne (13 shared papers)
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 10.5k citations

Peter G. Cook's Hit Papers

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Using groundwater levels to estimate recharge 2002 · 982 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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1	Choosing appropriate techniques for quantifying groundwater recharge Hydrogeology Journal ·Bridget R. Scanlon, Richard W. Healy, Peter G. Cook Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1325
2	Environmental Tracers in Subsurface Hydrology Peter G. Cook, Andrew L. Herczeg Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1204
3	Using groundwater levels to estimate recharge Hydrogeology Journal ·Richard W. Healy, Peter G. Cook Hit paper breakdown →	2002	982
4	Land clearance and river salinisation in the western Murray Basin, Australia Journal of Hydrology ·G.B. Allison, Peter G. Cook, Steve Barnett, Glen Walker, Ian Jolly, Matthew W. Hughes	1990	253
5	Determining natural groundwater influx to a tropical river using radon, chlorofluorocarbons and ionic environmental tracers Journal of Hydrology ·Peter G. Cook, Guillaume Favreau, John Dighton, S. J. Tickell	2003	217
6	Hydrogeologic controls on disconnection between surface water and groundwater Water Resources Research ·Philip Brunner, Peter G. Cook, Craig T. Simmons	2009	192
7	Quantifying groundwater discharge to Cockburn River, southeastern Australia, using dissolved gas tracers ²²²Rn and SF₆ Water Resources Research ·Peter G. Cook, Sébastien Lamontagne, Dawit Berhane, Jordan F. Clark	2006	180
8	Recent advances in dating young groundwater: chlorofluorocarbons, and 85Kr Journal of Hydrology ·Peter G. Cook, D. Kip Solomon	1997	161
9	Estimating groundwater discharge to rivers from river chemistry surveys Hydrological Processes ·Peter G. Cook	2012	156
10	Transmission losses, infiltration and groundwater recharge through ephemeral and intermittent streambeds: A review of applied methods Journal of Hydrology ·Margaret Shanafield, Peter G. Cook	2014	154
11	Transport of Atmospheric Trace Gases to the Water Table: Implications for Groundwater Dating with Chlorofluorocarbons and Krypton 85 Water Resources Research ·Peter G. Cook, D. Kip Solomon	1995	146
12	Chlorofluorocarbons as Tracers of Groundwater Transport Processes in a Shallow, Silty Sand Aquifer Water Resources Research ·Peter G. Cook, D. Kip Solomon, L. Niel Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg, Sherry L. Schiff	1995	130
13	Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ground Water Recharge in Central Australia: A Tracer Approach Ground Water ·Glenn A. Harrington, Peter G. Cook, Andrew L. Herczeg	2002	113
14	A new chloride leaching approach to the estimation of diffuse recharge following a change in land use Journal of Hydrology ·Glen Walker, Ian Jolly, Peter G. Cook	1991	111
15	Solute dynamics during bank storage flows and implications for chemical base flow separation Water Resources Research ·James L. McCallum, Peter G. Cook, Philip Brunner, Dawit Berhane	2010	108
16	Spatial and temporal aspects of the transition from connection to disconnection between rivers, lakes and groundwater Journal of Hydrology ·Philip Brunner, Craig T. Simmons, Peter G. Cook	2009	107
17	Modeling Surface Water‐Groundwater Interaction with MODFLOW: Some Considerations Ground Water ·Philip Brunner, Craig T. Simmons, Peter G. Cook, René Therrien	2009	106
18	Water balance of a tropical woodland ecosystem, Northern Australia: A combination of micro-meteorological, soil physical and groundwater chemical approaches Journal of Hydrology ·Peter G. Cook, Tom Hatton, D. Pidsley, Andrew L. Herczeg, A. Held, Anthony P. O’Grady, Derek Eamus	1998	106
19	Disconnected Surface Water and Groundwater: From Theory to Practice Ground Water ·Philip Brunner, Peter G. Cook, Craig T. Simmons	2010	105
20	Choosing appropriate techniques for quantifying groundwater recharge Hydrogeology Journal ·Bridget R. Scanlon, Richard W. Healy, Peter G. Cook	2002	105

About Peter G. Cook

Peter G. Cook is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Geophysics, having authored 180 papers that have together received 11.1k 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), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (19 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (19 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (19 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas 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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