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Dr Simon Cook

Contact

Email: smc@aber.ac.uk
Office: H5
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622 615
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622 659

Responsibilities

• Extensions Office (Level 1 and Level 3)
• Fieldwork Safety Officer (Semester 2)
• Cold Laboratory Manager

Teaching Areas

Modules Taught

Module coordinator for:

• Key Skills for Geographers (GG13020)

Contributes to:

• Sedimentary Environments (GG23410)
• Palaeoglaciology (GG33920)
• Geography Dissertation (GG39130)
• Geography Science Fieldwork (GG21920)
• Process Glaciology (GG30320)
• Advanced Research Skills (EAM1120)
• Glaciological Field Techniques (EAM2320)
• Approaches To Glaciology (EAM0820)
• Research Dissertation In Glaciology (EAM3360)

Research

Group Affiliation

• Centre for Glaciology

Research Interests

• Process Glaciology and Palaeoglaciology, Glacial Sedimentology and Geomorphology

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Glaciology. To date my research interests have included investigation of glacial debris entrainment and deposition, the formation and glaciological significance of basal ice, palaeoglaciology in New Zealand and the UK (Shropshire & the West Midlands), and the sedimentology and geomorphology of rock avalanche deposits and moraines. I am also interested in promoting public understanding of science. More information can be found on my personal webpage.

Staff Publications

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters & Journal Articles

2012 (In Press)

1. Cook, S.J., Knight, P.G., Knight, D.A., Waller, R.I. 2012 (in press). Laboratory observations of sediment entrainment by freezing supercooled water. Geografiska Annaler Series A: Physical Geography.

2011

1. Cook SJ, Graham DJ, Swift DA, Midgley NG, Adam WG. 2011. Sedimentary signatures of basal ice formation and their preservation within ice-marginal sediments. Geomorphology, 125: 122-131. DOI
2. Cook, S.J., Swift, D.A., Graham, D.J., Midgley, N.G. 2011. Origin and significance of ‘dispersed facies’ basal ice: Svínafellsjökull, Iceland. Journal of Glaciology, 57 [204], 710-720.
3. Cook, S.J. (2011) Formation and deformation of basal ice. In Singh, V.P., Singh, P. and Haritashya, U.K. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Springer.
4. Cook, S.J. (2011) Supercooled water. In Singh, V.P., Singh, P. and Haritashya, U.K. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Springer.

2010

1. Cook SJ. 2010. The glacial geology of Shropshire: insights from modern glaciology. Proceedings of the Shropshire Geological Society, 15: 20-27.
2. Cook SJ, Robinson ZP, Fairchild IJ, Knight PG, Waller R I, Boomer I. 2010. Role of glaciohydraulic supercooling in the formation of stratified facies basal ice: Svínafellsjökull and Skaftafellsjökull, southeast Iceland. Boreas, 39: 24-38. DOI

2009

1. Hubbard B, Cook S, Coulson H. 2009. Basal ice facies: a review and unifying approach. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28: 1956-1969.
2. Cook SJ, Knight PG. 2009. Glaciohydraulic Supercooling. Progress in Physical Geography, 33: 705-710.

2008

1. Knight PG, Cook SJ. 2008. Progress Report: Glaciohydraulic Supercooling. Progress in Physical Geography, 32: 65-71.

2007

1. Cook SJ, Knight PG, Waller R I, Robinson ZP, Adam WG. 2007. The geography of basal ice and its relationship to glaciohydraulic supercooling, Svínafellsjökull, southeast Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26: 2309-2315.

2006

1. Cook SJ, Waller R I, Knight PG. 2006. Glaciohydraulic supercooling: the process and its significance. Progress in Physical Geography, 30: 577-588.