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Updated June 2025
The Aquila Mission Published April 2018
Arcadia Mars Published
April 2019
The Shiva Encounter Published
February 2020
The Colossus Expansion Published
February 2021
The Proxima Nexus Published April 2024
The Aquila
Mission
It is 2023. Finally, the Altair is ready for
launch; man is destined to walk on Mars. Commander Coby Brewster, Dr. Abby
Denton, Pilot Vik Ivanov, and Dr. Ellie Accardi have been specially selected to
enter deep space and study the asteroid Bennu and the comet 125P in preparation
for mankind’s first voyage to the red planet. The crew faces thirteen long
months in space, and Brewster wants things done by the book.
But in
the face of the unknown, even the best-laid plans count for little. When an
electrical discharge almost kills Vik on Bennu, a leaking sample core tube
threatens to infect the crew, and the telltale signs of sabotage appear, fear
begins to fester. Each astronaut—an expert in his or her field—starts to wonder
whether they’ll ever make it back to Earth. Their only hope is to trust in,
rely on, and love one another.
The Aquila Mission is both a thrilling story of man’s first journey
beyond the Earth-Moon system and a carefully researched proposal for such a
mission in the real world. Rigorously scientific and emotionally stirring all
at once, The Aquila Mission is sure
to appeal to fans of hard science and adventure alike.
Comments on The Aquila Mission
London Marion, Kindle reader 5.0 out
of 5 stars
The research must have been staggering and is deserving of the
highest rating possible. I'll be looking for anything else by this author.
Thanks for an entertaining story.
Amazon, Print Book Reader 5.0 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed the
way the author wove the history of our nation's space exploration into his
excellently crafted novel. Anyone remotely interested in space travel, or the
future of the human race, would be interested in reading Doug Cook's book. Well
done!
Rick Zucker, VP Explore Mars
…well written…story line is very entertaining… I had more
and more trouble putting it down. I kept wanting to read more…When are you
going to negotiate the movie rights? I'm serious. I feel it's that good.
Is there a sequel in the works?
Matt Russell, President Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
…really liked it! …attention to detail and specs were
mind blowing…I felt like I was actually there on-board with the crew…Can’t wait
to read the next one.
Charles Kiskiras, Excelis / ITT / NASA
Great Book! …the
last chapter was amazing.
Jack Fox, Director NASA
Swamp Works (ret), CTO Humanity Innovation Labs
I just finished your
book all in one sitting. I really enjoyed it. You did a super job
technically on the likely hardware, programmatics,
training, operations, space science, and of course, the NASA jargon. You
also did a super job on the storyline with plausible conflicts, love interests,
back stories, and mission problems…I expect to see this as a movie someday!
I look forward to your next book.
Suzanne Schneider,
Research Physiologist, NASA (ret), Assoc. Prof. UNM
I finally finished a first read of your book. It’s amazing --so
much detail and info--very similar to The
Martian. Thanks so much… I was most interested in [your] exercise
device…like the aRED? Only [yours] attaches to
each limb so that you can simulate flying, swimming, etc…I
will send a copy of your book to a friend at NASA in the cardiovascular lab…
The person I think would most enjoy/relate to your book is Micheal Gernhardt. I used to work with him [at the NASA
Environmental Physiology Lab] and he is one of my most amazing people. He
started as a deep sea diver before becoming an astronaut.
Dr. John Spencer, Department of Space
Studies, Southwest Research Institute, NASA New Horizons (Pluto) and Cassini
(Saturn) Missions
Read your book and
enjoyed it, so thanks again! You came up
with a very plausible mission scenario and fleshed it out in a believable
way. Let's hope something like it
happens sometime in our lifetimes!
Paula Korn, Creative Consulting for Exploring Space; NASA HQ
(ret); Sr. Mgr. Boeing Space Systems (ret)
“I find your book
fascinating - so much intricate, technical information! I can’t imagine how you
did it!”
Jeanie Ross,
Marketing Director, Nova Southeastern University
I'm not getting any
sleep these nights and I blame you. I could read all night. Your book
is wonderful. So exciting. Every page is like a PBS Nova episode on space
travel. Last night I was back on Earth ... Will Coby live? What
an adventure. Thank you so much. What happens next? No, don't tell me yet but
please don't make Elena too, too bad. I don't like conflict.
Those rascally Russians! Mars could be the only place in
the galaxy where everyone is good and works together for the good of the
planet. Ha ha! It's only a dream I have. Anyway, I'm just thrilled.
Jeffrey Allston
Just wanted to let
you know I thoroughly enjoyed your book!
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The Aquila Mission is Doug’s first book publication project.
The sequel, Arcadia Mars is now published! April, 2019.
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After thirteen months in space, the Aquila
Mission’s crew has returned safely to find Earth in peril. Rising sea levels have
already claimed hundreds of the world’s coastal communities, and now major
cities—New York, Dubai, Shanghai—are being threatened. To make matters worse, Shiva,
a hundred-kilometer-wide dwarf planet, has been knocked out of the Kuiper Belt beyond
Pluto and is headed toward the inner solar system. Astrophysicists estimate a
one-in-fifty chance it will collide with Earth in 2079. Humanity cannot afford
to gamble with extinction.
All eyes turn to Mars, the red guardian that
has watched humanity evolve, and an international settlement mission is planned
for 2035. The veterans of the Aquila Mission—Coby Brewster, Ellie Accardi, Vik
Ivanov, and Abby Denton—are chosen to spearhead the expedition. Their mission:
lead a crew of twenty-one people, including their families, to Mars to prepare for the
arrival of Colossus-class colony fleets.
But even on a new planet, establishing a human
utopia seems an impossible task. Coby, Ellie, Vik, and Abby are astronauts, not
politicians, and with time running out and survival uncertain, the last thing
they need is an unstable psychopath moving among them…
Arcadia Mars is the thrilling and speculative
sequel to Doug Cook’s sci-fi hit The
Aquila Mission, and is a must-read for space buffs and sci-fi fans alike.
Carol Young, CSASTRO
I
just finished Arcadia Mars. Wow
- what a read! I so enjoyed it, felt like I was part of the crew; in on all
the decisions being made, which crew members going on what EVA's, who was in
charge of colony-wide precedents being set, etc. I have read a lot of
science fiction but your novel was so well researched and backed up by
recent data that it lent an authenticity not usually found in fiction -
felt more like a non-fiction account! I look forward to the next book - can't
wait to get back to the characters involved so far and to see what the looming Shiva
[threat] holds in store for humanity!
Jack Fox , NASA Mgr. (ret)
Well-researched from ISRU to space law
and grounded in the laws of physics. I get a sense that you are Coby.
SpaceX BFR as key enabler, Moon/Mars/asteroid mining, Lunar Gateway, love
interests, births, and youthful characters. Nice references of various
mission operations from Apollo and other previous programs. [There are]
so many incidents in the book and the epilogue I think each could be its own
one hour episode in a Netflix series.
Congratulations on your second book! Ad Astra, Jack
Janet Ivey, Janet’s Planet, Pres Explore Mars,
Your books are fantastic! I used them
last year in my Janet's Planet camps! I would read excerpts from Aquila and
Arcadia and they would have to write what they thought would happen next!
It was a hit and helped to show what they had learned. Can't wait to read your
third one!
Rick Zucker, VP Explore
Mars
I
really liked the ending of the book. Very, very powerful.
Peter Spasov, National Space Society
Book Review
A
compelling story about mankind’s future in space. This novel is a blend of
fiction plus nonfiction. The author provides a history of Mars in culture and
scientific exploration, including SpaceX plans and the author’s concept
involving fuel depots, propellant requirements, energy budget, choice of
landing site and more. Aficionados of
space travel will most probably devour this book for its mission concepts.
The Shiva Encounter, the third book in the Second World Book Series is now published! February,
2020.
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It’s 2044. The Earth
is suffering from global warming, overpopulation, and the threat of global
extinction. Shiva, a one hundred kilometer diameter dwarf planet has a
one-in-fifty chance of impacting the Earth in the year 2079 with four hundred
times the impact energy of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The Vishnu
ship, hope for survival launched in 2035, will impact Shiva soon with a
10 gigaton nuclear device to attempt to divert the ‘killer from the Kuiper
Belt’. The outcome could deliver salvation or turn the remains of Shiva
into a graver threat than the one presently stalking Earth. Should Vishnu
be aborted?
The effort to colonize Mars as a second home for humanity has
taken root. Colony ships from Earth are now launched almost faster than the Martian
infrastructure can assimilate them. Survival is a constant struggle. Commander Paula Jennings comes to grips with governing a
new planet. Just as art, architecture, and interplanetary economy are
blossoming on Mars, the Shiva threat now encompasses the red planet.
Progeny of the Aquila
Mission crew, Oleg and Alex Ivanov, Sofi Brewster, and Jacob Petrov lead a
trade mission to the nascent Ceres colony. Along the way they rediscover the
mystery on comet 125P, with the potential to reshape the future of space
exploration.
The Shiva Encounter, the third book in the Second World Series,
explores state-of-the-art science packed into a thrilling hard sci-fi
adventure.
Adam Berry, Georgia Institute of Technology
I enjoyed the vignette bound by an
overarching narrative "Shiva is coming." It’s an enjoyable vehicle
for presenting both well established and near-future technologies and
scientific knowledge that may not be widely known. The telepathy angle for Sofi
and Alex and their kids is interesting. Is it a consequence of Coby, [Ellie],
Vik, and [Abby] having come in contact with 125P, a Watchers outpost? Is their
bloodline destined for great things?
Alex's realist attitude towards The Watchers casual playing god stuck
with me: "These are beings so far beyond our technology that being angered
by them is futile. This is now our fate. Evolution has always been harsh"
The message of the Aquila Trilogy
so far has emphasized the interdependence and shared purpose -- if not destiny
-- of humanity which necessitates cooperation and collaboration; everyone must
strive for their maximum potential and make their contribution.
The cliffhanger ending has me speculating
that a fourth book may be in the works!
The Colossus Expansion, the fourth book in the Second World Book Series is now published! February,
2021.
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In The
Colossus Expansion, the fourth book of the Second World Series, deep
space travel evolves as humans venture deeper into the solar system. Our
existence in space is facilitated by the CASSI AI system. CASSI’s consciousness
and morality becomes legendary as our expansion is thwarted by ATek, a Russian asteroid mining conglomerate.
We
need bigger, faster ships with artificial gravity for long voyages. Colossus II
settlement ships launch November 20, 2054. The Colossus II is a huge
interplanetary ship, ever so much more spacious and accommodating than the
Colossus I, with two hab rings rotating around the
ship’s central axis giving a Mars equivalent ship gravity. The Colossus II
Interplanetary ship is propelled by Super Heavy booster rocket engines and ion
thrusters.
Human
settlement of the solar system reaches Jupiter’s moon Callisto and Saturn’s
moon Titan while robotic probes penetrate the ice of Europa and Enceladus to
explore oceans more vast than on Earth. Discoveries there redefine the
boundaries of what we imagine as life.
The Colossus Expansion saga
culminates in 2079 on the Perseus Mission. Not only will this mission be
the last hope of averting the Shiva disaster for Earth and Mars, the
Colossus III ship Perseus secretly launches continuing outward on the
most important exploration mission in human history.
Carol Young, Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
I absolutely loved the book!
It gave me such a feeling of what it might actually be like to be part of the
courageous explorers who take on interplanetary travel and off earth
colonization. So much to think about and ponder! And, I am in awe of your foray
into extra-terrestrial intelligence and the role it could play in mankind's
very existence. And that ending, leaves us readers yearning for more!
[It’s]so exciting to read a book that takes you away to a different time and
place and lets your imagination wander into the wonders space has to offer.
Adam Berry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cracking job on this one; it was my favorite
of the four books just outpacing the first book, the Aquila mission. The
scenario of human interstellar settlement was realistic and pleasantly invitable; I would want to live in that world …
Colossus II Interplanetary Spaceship
(modified from SpaceX Images)
The Proxima Nexus, the fifth book in the Second World Book Series published
April 2024
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In
The Proxima Nexus, the fifth book of the Second World Series, Earth and
Mars are recovering from impacts of Shiva debris. The Perseus Mission
has reached planet Thelus in the Proxima Centauri star system using the
faster-than-light X-drive system technology mined from a Thelud
artifact. The artifact, The Box, was found by Sofi and Alex Ivanov in an
extinct comet. Hoping to find the mysterious Thelud on their home
planet, our travelers discover that the Thelud have abandoned Thelus
and emigrated to another star system and the planet Inphos.
Stella
Ivanov-Weidman and her brother Andrei Ivanov play a pivotal role, along with
the CASSI AI system, in mining more Thelud technology from an artifact
known as The Monolith. As their settlement grows, they decide to split
into three groups. One group is to take advanced Thelud technology back
to Mars, one group is to stay and further explore Thelus, and the third
group is to follow the Thelud to Inphos using a new ship they
have constructed with more advanced Thelud technology. What truths will
they discover about the mysterious Thelud when they finally reach Inphos?
Carol Young, Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
I finished your book and was so
glad to be reacquainted with the characters from the previous books!
I liked your decision to split the Thelus exploration group into three
separate teams, all headed in different directions. There is certainly a lot to
unpack when discovering new civilizations and new lifeforms! I love the
connection of all life on Earth being tied to
ancient alien intervention. I also appreciate the conundrum of man's
penchant for power and/or control over others and how you weave that into the
future. Unfortunately, that is a trait that mankind hasn't been able to shake
thus far in our existence. But....the best part is where you left off…
Sam Siriano, President Fair Plain Astronomical Society
With The Proxima
Nexus, Doug Cook has taken us to another edge of the final frontier with his
vision of a confident and competent humanity steadily advancing into space with
efforts now being augmented by utilizing highly advanced technologies
surreptitiously bequeathed to them by an older civilization benevolently
wishing to accelerate their progress. The author shows, through his many
diverse and well-developed characters, that adapting to a technologically
driven, radically changing reality is wrought with all of the struggles,
growth, and tensions so central to the human condition. The very heart of
sci-fi is crafted with meticulous engineering and aesthetic details.
Susan Vella, Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
A realistic look at life in space coupled
with well researched futuristic tech, in a hard sci-fi wrapper, The Proxima
Nexus, is an adventure for all. It continues flawlessly from the Second
World book series, with even more scientifically based ideas on how humans
might colonize other planets. As always, there are intriguing graphics to refer
back to on possible designs for advanced spacecraft. The reader is rooting for
the main characters all along the way with their relatable personalities and
awe-inspiring goals for the future of mankind. Not only is this an exhilarating
read, but it's also a compelling case for putting resources and time towards
making space travel a reality.
Doug Cook is retired from a
thirty-four year career as a petroleum geophysicist. He is now dedicated to writing,
astronomy, and climate change awareness. Doug participated in ten years of
deep-water submersible studies on chemosynthetic communities of life in the
Gulf of Mexico. These extremophile organisms relate to Doug’s passion for
astrogeology and exobiology. Doug has explored “Mars on Earth” on field
expeditions to do astrogeology studies of an impact crater strewn field from
2017 to present. He is a member American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG), Chair AAPG Astrogeology Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
(SEG), Vice President Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, member of the
Planetary Society, National Space Society, Explore Mars, and Adjunct Astronomy
Professor PPCC. He has two daughters and lives in Colorado and Florida with his
wife Elizabeth.
Other Websites and
Activities: http://reddog-diving.com/
Doug Cook’s Website
for Scuba Diving Adventures and Underwater Photography
Doug has
been an avid diver since 1969 and received NAUI Instructor status in 1976
and BS in Biological Oceanography
(1976). He ran a scuba diving charter
business in
WWII
Aviation Historian: http://www.reddog1944.com/ Doug’s father was a B-25 Pilot in Corsica;
Uncle B-25 Pilot in New Guinea; Father-in-law B-17 Pilot N. Africa; Wife’s
Uncle Enterprise Dauntless Dive Bomber in Battle of Midway. See their stories
and dedications to other WWII Aviation Service veterans.
Nov. 2020 Doug Cook's
closer look at Mars exploration
(cue at 20 min)
AAPG Mars Perseverance Watch Party-
Doug Cook
Hosting
Kathryn Stack Morgan, a research scientist and deputy project scientist
for the Mars Science team, shares some exciting updates with AAPG Astrogeology
Committee vice co-chair Doug Cook in a new episode of Explorer Live in Five.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Cook, Doug, 2025, The Keys to Life Discovered Beyond Earth, AAPG
Explorer, June, 2025 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/68847/the-keys-to-life-discovered-beyond-earth
Sturm, Sebastian; Kenkmann,
Thomas; Cook, Doug; Fraser, Allan; Sundell, Kent, Jake Seller Draw impact
structure, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: The deepest known buried impact
structure on Earth and its possible relation to the Wyoming crater field, GSA
Bulletin, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1130/B37164.1 PDF
Cook, Doug, 2024, Artemis Missions
Delayed by One Year, AAPG Explorer, February, 2024
https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/66765/artemis-missions-delayed-by-one-year
Cook,
Doug, 2023, Exploring the Fossils of the Solar System, Lucy and Psyche Asteroid
Missions, AAPG Explorer, December, 2023 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/66377/exploring-the-fossils-of-the-solar-system
Cook,
Doug, 2023, Asteroid Bennu Samples Reach Earth: An astrogeology
treasure trove, AAPG Explorer, November, 2023, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/66218
Cook,
Doug, 2023, InSight Concludes with Key Findings in Martian Seismology, AAPG
Explorer, February, 2023, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/64783/insight-concludes-with-key-findings-in-martian-seismology
Cook,
Doug, 2022, Exploring for Signs of Life in the Outer Solar System, AAPG
Explorer, December, 2022, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/64477/exploring-for-signs-of-life-in-the-outer-solar-system
Cook, Doug,
2022, NASA’s Mission to Divert an Asteroid, AAPG Explorer, November, 2022, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/64299/nasas-mission-to-divert-an-asteroid
Cook,
Doug, 2022, Return to the Moon, AAPG Explorer, July, 2022, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/63593/return-to-the-moon
Cook,
Doug, 2022, A Large Paleozoic Impact Crater Strewn Field
Discovered in the Rocky Mountains near Douglas, Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Association of
Geologists Outcrop, OC
May 2022_v02.pdf, Page 16-24, https://rmag1.box.com/s/enlfcytz9hwd1elc2sbso12bmumalo89
Kenkmann, Thomas; Müller, Louis; Fraser, Allan; Cook, Doug; Sundell,
Kent; Rae, Auriol S.P., Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater
field, GSA Bulletin, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1130/B36196.1
Publicity for Secondary Cratering:
Science
https://www.science.org/content/article/evidence-giant-asteroid-strike-may-be-buried-under-wyoming
Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2022-02-secondary-cratering-earth-wyoming-impact.html
Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/wyoming-crater-discovered-only-seen-moons-planets-1679295
Space.com https://www.space.com/asteroid-impact-secondary-crater-field-wyoming
Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/meteorite-impact-crater-wyoming-earth-b2016350.html
US Sun https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4700720/moon-meteorite-crater-us-dinosaurs/
SyFy.com https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/bad-astronomy-ancient-asteroid-impact-on-wyomingnebraska-border
Nebraska Star Herald https://starherald.com/news/local/wyoming-craters-could-point-to-panhandle-impact/article_addb995e-09f3-50ec-a544-4c3d4826ebfc.html
Cook, D., 2021, Space Rocks and Robots, Preliminary Report on
Robotic Sampling of C-Type Asteroids Ryugu and Bennu,
AAPG Explorer, December, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/61969/space-rocks-and-robots
Cook, D., Mars 2020 Perseverance, AAPG Explorer
February,
2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/59325/mars-2020-perseverance-rover-and-international-mars-fleet-arrival
March, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/59653/exploring-with-the-rovers
May, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60207/exploring-mars-with-the-ingenuity-mars-helicopter
August, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60632/perseverance-ingenuity-are-exploring-jezero-crater
September,
2022 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/63945/perseverance-examines-martian-geology-for-signs-of-life
February,
2023, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/64782/perseverance-reaches-a-mission-milestone-on-mars
December,2023,
https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/66378/exploring-the-carbonate-rim-of-jezero-crater
July,
2024, https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/67409/race-to-the-moon
Cook, D., 2021, The Search for Life on Mars, AAPG Explorer,
January, 2021
https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/59098/the-search-for-life-on-mars
Cook, D., Perseverance Rover Cruising to the Red Planet, AAPG
Explorer, November 2020
https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/58672/perseverance-rover-cruising-to-the-red-planet
Cook, D., Mars Resources for Human Settlement, AAPG Explorer,
October 2020
https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/58423/mars-resources-for-human-settlement
Cook, D., 2020, A Primer of Earth’s Climate and Sea Level
Change (PDF),
from The Shiva Encounter
(2020)
Cook,
D., 2019, Mars In Situ
Resources and Utilization for Human Settlement, AAPG 2019 Convention Abstracts
Kenkmann,
T., Sundell, K., and Cook, D., 2018, Evidence for a large Paleozoic Impact
Crater Strewn Field in the Rocky Mountains, Nature Scientific
Reports, V 8, Article no: 13246.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-31655-4
Sundell,
K.A., M.H. Poelchau, D. Cook, T. Kenkmann, 2018, The
Douglas Crater Field, Wyoming, USA: Discovery of an Unexpected Crater Cluster
at the Carboniferous-Permian Boundary, 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical
Society 2018 Moscow (LPI Contrib. No. 2067), Abs. 6149
Kenkmann,
T., Sundell, K., and Cook, D., 2018, Exhumed Paleozoic Impact
Crater Strewn Field near Douglas, Wyoming, USA: Evidence from microstructural
analysis, satellite, and drone imagery, 49th Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference, Abstract 1469.
Kenkmann,
T., Sundell, K., and Cook, D., 2018, Discovery of a Paleozoic Impact Crater Strewn Field near Douglas,
Wyoming, USA: Evidence from Microstructural Analysis, Satellite, and Drone
Imagery, Abstract to the EGU General Assembly 2018, EGU2018-6010
Cook,
D., 2018, Near Earth Objects (NEOs): Population Distributions,
Origins, and Implications on Earth Impact Threat and Asteroid Mining Resources,
AAPG 2018 Convention Abstracts
Cook,
D., and K. Sundell, 2017, AAPG Total Solar Eclipse Field Guide: Leaders Dr.
Harrison H. Schmitt, Dr. James Reilly, Dr. Kent Sundell, Doug Cook, Don Clarke,
and Karl Osvald
Cook,
D., 2017, Asteroid Mining: the State of the Industry and our
Future in Space, AAPG 2017 Convention
Abstracts
Cook, D., 2016, A
Bold Proposal for a Crewed Deep Space Mission to Rendezvous with and Sample an
Asteroid and a Comet, New Worlds Space Settlement Symposium 2016 Austin, TX
Proceedings
Taylor, D., K. Pomar, S. Rahati,
C. Reid, A. Henderson, F. Lu, M. Ferguson, and D. Cook, 2016,
Chronostratigraphic Framework and Gross Depositional Environments of the Shu’aiba Formation in the Under-Explored Eastern Rub’
Al-Khali Basin, Saudi Arabia, GeoArabia GEO 2016
Convention Abstracts
Cook, D., Bohmail, A.
Rademakers, M., 2016, Exploration and Commercialization of Tight Gas Reservoirs
in Saudi Arabia, AAPG ME Exploring Mature Basins Geosciences Technology
Workshop Abstracts; Workshop Co-Chair Douglas Cook, Saudi Aramco.
Cook, D., 2016, A
Bold Proposal for a Manned Deep Space Mission to Rendezvous with and Sample an
Asteroid and a Comet, AAPG 2016 Convention Abstracts
Kenkmann, T., Afifi, A. M., Stewart, S, Poelchau, M.H., Cook, D., Neville, A.S., 2015, Saqqar: A 34
km diameter impact structure in Saudi
Arabia, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50, 11:1925-1940.
Neville
A. S., Cook D. J., Afifi A. M., and Stewart S. A., 2014. Five buried crater
structures imaged on reflection seismic data in Saudi Arabia. GeoArabia 19:17–44.
Neville, A., A. Afifi, and D. Cook, 2012, Possible Impact
Structures in Saudi Arabia, AAPG 2012 Convention Abstracts
Cook, D., A. Norton, and A. Neville, 2008, Petroleum
Systems and Recent Exploration of the Permo-Carboniferous
Unayzah and Devonian Jauf
Reservoirs in Eastern Saudi Arabia, AAPG 2008 Convention Abstracts
Cook, D., et al, 2008, Petroleum Systems and New Plays in
Frontier Exploration in Northwest Saudi Arabia, AAPG 2008 International
Convention Abstracts
Lawrence, Paul, Tom Harland, David Tang, Douglas Cook,
Geraint Hughes, Ravi Singh, Greg Gregory, Abdel Fattah Bakhiet,
and Abdel Ghayoum Ahmed, 2008, Regional Hanifa
Reservoir Fairways in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: An Integrated
Approach, GeoArabia GEO 2006 Convention Abstracts
Xiao, H., Knowlton, A., Rademakers, M., and Cook, D.,
2006, Structural Styles in Eastern and Central Arabia, GeoArabia
GEO 2006 Convention Abstracts
Cook, D, and C. Tsai, 2004, Use of Model Based K-L Filtering to Attenuate
Interbed Multiples in Seismic
Reflections of the Devonian Jauf Reservoir, Eastern
Saudi Arabia, GeoArabia
GEO 2004 Convention Abstracts
Cook, D., 1992,
Stratigraphy of Pleistocene Upper Slope Sands, Gulf of Mexico, An Analog for Deep Water Exploration Offshore
Nigeria, Nigerian Association of
Petroleum Explorationists Tenth Annual Proceedings *Best Paper Award
Roberts, H., D. Cook, and M. Sheedlo,
1992, Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Louisiana Continental Slope: Seismic Amplitude Signature and Sea Floor
Response, GCAGS Trans., Vol.42:737-749
*GCAGS
Levorsen Best Paper Award
Sheedlo, M. and D. Cook, 1992, 3D Seismic Imaging and Direct
Observations of Sea Floor Features on the Upper Slope, Green Canyon Block 184
Federal Unit, Gulf of Mexico, AAPG
Convention Abstracts
Cook, D., et al., 1992, Stratigraphy of Pleistocene Upper
Slope Sands in the Green Canyon Block 184 Federal Unit, Gulf of Mexico, AAPG
1992 Convention Abstracts
Cook, D. and P. D’Onfro, 1991,
Jolliet Field Thrust Fault Structure and Stratigraphy, Green Canyon Block 184,
Offshore Louisiana, GCAGS Trans., V.41:100-122
Cook, D. and P. D’Onfro, 1990,
Jolliet Field Thrust Fault Structure and Stratigraphy, A Deep Water Development
Milestone, Green Canyon Block 184, Offshore Louisiana, Abst., AAPG Bull.,
V.74/5:633
Randazzo, A. and D. Cook, 1987, Characterization of
Dolomitic Rocks from the Coastal Mixing Zone of the Floridan Aquifer,
Sedimentary Geology, V. 54:169-192
Cook, D. et al., 1985 Authigenic Fluorite in Dolomitic
Rocks of the Floridan Aquifer, Geology, V13:390-391