The Second World Book Series

 

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Updated April 2024

 

 

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

 

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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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Working_Cover_Art_10_6x9It’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 …

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

profile_cover1Doug 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 Key Largo, Florida for five years. Then earned an MS in Geology (Carbonate Sedimentology, 1984).  Since then, Doug has enjoyed a career in petroleum exploration that has given him the opportunity to travel and dive extensively around this fragile Earth.  He lived with his family in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia leading a petroleum exploration effort in the Rub Al Khali Desert, the Great Empty Quarter, one of the most remote frontiers on the planet.

 

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

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AAPG Mars Perseverance Watch Party-

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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:

 

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

            April, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/59984/perseverance-gets-a-full-checkup-test-drive-before-getting-down-to-geology

            May, 2021  https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60207/exploring-mars-with-the-ingenuity-mars-helicopter

            June, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60435/perseverance-rover-and-ingenuity-flight-tests-in-jezero-crater

            July, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60982/perseverance-rover-gets-smarter-ingenuity-breaks-records

August, 2021 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/60632/perseverance-ingenuity-are-exploring-jezero-crater

June, 2022 https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/63444/mars-exploration-the-ancient-delta-lake-system-in-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

 

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