Papers Published

This is a list of papers published by Mark Cooper over the last 30 years. Some of the titles are linked to downloadable pdf files of the papers. Others may be available upon request, please email Mark Cooper.

 

COOPER, M.A. & GARTON, M.R. 1978. Tectonic evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides. Conference Proceedings, City of London Polytechnic, 69p.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1978. The tectonic evolution of the Sorfold area. In; Tectonic evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides, Cooper, M.A. & Garton, M.R. (eds) Conference Proceedings, City of London Polytechnic, 57-60.

 

NUTTALL, D.J.H. & COOPER, M.A. 1978. Computer programmes for the analysis and presentation of orientation data. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 135, 243-244.

 

COOPER, M.A., BLISS, G.M., FERRIDAY, I.L. & HALLS, C. 1979. The geology of the Sorjusdalen Area, Nordland, Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersokelse, 351, 31-50.

 

COOPER, M.A. & BRADSHAW, R. 1980. The significance of basement gneiss domes in the tectonic evolution of the Salta region, Norway. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 137, 231-240.

 

COOPER, M.A. & MARSHALL, J.D. 1981. ORIENT: A computer program for the resolution and rotation of palaeocurrent data. Computers and Geosciences, 7, 153-165.

 

COOPER, M.A. & NUTTALL, D.J.H. 1981. GODPP: Program for the presentation and analysis of structural data. Computers and Geosciences, 7, 267-285.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1981. Internal geometry of nappes: criteria for models of emplacement. In; Thrust and Nappe Tectonics, McClay, K.R. & Price, N.J (eds), Special Publication of the Geological Society of London No.9, 225-234.

 

TRAYNER, P.M. & COOPER, M.A. 1982. An example of a transected fold from the Irish Hercynian. Mittelungen Geologisches Institut E.T.H und Universitat Zurich Neue Folge 239a, 269-272.

 

COOPER, M.A., GARTON, M.R. & HOSSACK, J.R. 1982. Strain variation in the Henaux Basse Normandie Duplex, N. France. Tectonophysics, 88, 321-323.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1983. The calculation of bulk strain in oblique and inclined balanced sections. Journal of Structural Geology, 5, 161-165.

 

COOPER, M.A., GARTON, M.R. & HOSSACK, J.R. 1983. The origin of the Henaux Basse Normandie Duplex, Boulonnais, France. Journal of Structural Geology, 5, 139-152.

 

COOPER, M.A. & MACCARTHY, I.A.J. 1983. The Geology of the west side of Cork Harbour, Co. Cork. Irish Geological Association Field Guide Series No. 2.

 

COOPER, M.A. & BRUCK, P.M.. 1983. Tectonic relationships of the Leinster Granite, Ireland. Geological Journal, 18, 351-360.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1984. Reply to discussion. The calculation of bulk strain in oblique and inclined balanced sections. Journal of Structural Geology, 6, 613-614.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1984. Mapping of part of the Sulitjelma Sheet incorporated in; Bergrundskart over Norge - M 1:1 million, Sigmond, E.M.O, Gustavson, M. & Roberts, D. Norges Geologiske Undersokelse.

 

COOPER, M.A., COLLINS, D., FORD, M., MURPHY, F.X. & TRAYNER, P.M. 1984. Structural style, shortening estimates and the thrust front of the Irish Variscides. In; Variscan Tectonics in the North Atlantic Region, Hutton, D.W.H. & Sanderson, D.J. (eds), Geological Society of London Special Publication, 14, 167-175.

 

COOPER, M.A. & TRAYNER, P.M. 1984. Thrust surface geometry; implications for thrust belt evolution and section balancing techniques. Journal of Structural Geology, 8, 305-312.

 

TRAYNER, P.M. & COOPER, M.A. 1984. Cleavage geometry and the development of the Church Bay anticline, Co. Cork, Ireland. Journal of Structural Geology, 6, 83-87.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1985 . Deformation patterns and their evolution in the Caledonides of the Sorfolda area, north Norway. In; The Caledonian Orogen - Scandinavia and related areas, Gee, D.G. & Sturt, B.A. (eds), Wiley, 543-551.

 

COOPER, M.A., COLLINS, D., FORD, M., MURPHY, F.X., TRAYNER, P.M. & O'SULLIVAN, M.J. 1986. Structural evolution of the Irish Variscides. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 143, 53-61.

 

HOSSACK, J.R. & COOPER, M.A.. 1986. Collision tectonics in the Scandinavian Caledonides. In; Collision Tectonics, Coward, M.P. & Ries, A.C. (eds) Geological Society of London Special Publication, 19, 287-304.

 

BAMFORD, M.L.F, BRUCK, P.M., COOPER, M.A., FORBES, W.H. & MACCARTHY, I.A.J. 1986. Beaconites-type burrows from the Old Red Sandstone of Hook Head, Co. Wexford, Ireland. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 97, 59-71.

 

BRUCK, P.M., COOPER, C.E., COOPER, M.A., DUGGAN, K., GOOLD, L. & WRIGHT, D.J. 1986. The geology and geochemistry of the warm springs of Munster. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 7, 169-194.

 

O'SULLIVAN, M.J., COOPER, M.A., MACCARTHY, I.A.J. & FORBES, W.H. 1986. The palaeoenvironment and deformation of Beaconites-like burrows in the Old Red Sandstone at Gortnabinna, SW Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 143, 897-906.

 

COOPER, M.A. & BAMFORD, M.L.F 1987. A note on photography in structural geology. Journal of Structural Geology, 9, 121-126.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1987. Reply to discussion on the Structural evolution of the Irish Variscides. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 144, 997-998.

 

COOPER, M.A., HERBERT, R. & HILL, G.S. 1989. The structural evolution of Triassic intermontane basins in northeastern Thailand. International Symposium on Intermontane Basins: Geology and Resources, Chiang Mai University, 231-240.

 

BAMFORD, M.L.F & COOPER, M.A. 1989. Tectono-sedimentary ripples in Devonian shallow marine siliciclastic sediments, southern Ireland. Sedimentary Geology, 63, 1-20.

 

WILLIAMS, E.J., BAMFORD, M.L.F, COOPER, M.A., EDWARDS, H.E., FORD, M., GRANT, G.G., MACCARTHY, I.A.J., MCAFEE, A.M. AND O'SULLIVAN, M.J. 1989. Tectonic controls and sedimentary response in the Devonian-Carboniferous Munster and South Munster basins, south-west Ireland. In; The role of tectonics in Devonian and Carboniferous sedimentation in the British Isles, Arthurton, R.S., Gutteridge, P. & Nolan, S.C. (eds). Yorkshire Geological Society Occasional Publication no. 6, 123-142.

 

COOPER, M.A. & WILLIAMS, G.D. 1989. Inversion Tectonics. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 44, 375p.

 

WILLIAMS, G.D., POWELL, C.M. & COOPER, M.A. 1989. Geometry and kinematics of inversion tectonics. In; Inversion Tectonics, Cooper, M.A. & Williams, G.D. (eds), Geological Society of London Special Publication, 44, 3-16.

 

COOPER, M.A., WILLIAMS, G.D., DE GRACIANSKY, P.C., MURPHY, R.W., NEEDHAM, T., DE PAOR, D.G., STONELEY, R., TODD, S.P., TURNER, J.P. & ZIEGLER, P.A. 1989. Inversion Tectonics - a discussion. In; Inversion Tectonics, Cooper, M.A. & Williams, G.D. (eds), Geological Society of London Special Publication, 44, 335-350.

 

DALY, M.C., COOPER, M.A., WILSON, I., SMITH, D.G. & HOOPER, B.G.D. 1991. Cenozoic plate tectonics and basin evolution in Indonesia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 8, 2-21.

 

COOPER, M.A. 1991. The analysis of fracture systems in subsurface thrust structures from the Foothills of the Canadian Rockies. In; Thrust Tectonics, McClay, K.R (ed), Chapman & Hall, London, 391-406.

 

COOPER, M.A., ADDISON, F.T., ALVAREZ, R., HAYWARD, A.B., HOWE, S., PULHAM, A.J., & TABORDA A. 1995, Basin development and tectonic history of the Llanos Basin, Colombia. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 62, 659-666.

 

COOPER, M.A., ADDISON, F.T., ALVAREZ, R., CORAL, M., GRAHAM, R.H., HAYWARD, A.B., HOWE, S., MARTINEZ, J., NAAR, J., PEÑAS, R., PULHAM, A.J., & TABORDA A. 1995, Basin development and tectonic history of the Llanos Basin, Eastern Cordillera and Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.79, 1421-1443.

 

COOPER, M.A, 1996. Passive-roof duplexes, and pseudo-passive-roof duplexes at mountain fronts: a review, v44, 410-421.

 

COOPER, M.A., BREARLEY, C., FERMOR, P. & BRADISH, D., 1997, From non-commercial to commercial; horizontal drilling in the fractured Triassic carbonates of the Boulder Field, B.C. Foothills, Canada. AAPG/AMGP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in Fold and Thrust Belts, 1997, Veracruz, Mexico, 6pp.

 

CAZIER, E.C, COOPER, M.A, EATON, S.G. & PULHAM, A.J, 1999, Development and Tectonic History of the Llanos Basin, Eastern Cordillera, and Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia: Reply. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, 1332-1335.

 

WEISSENBERGER, J. & COOPER, M.A, 1999, A new frontier basin in N. America, Western Newfoundland, Oil and Gas Journal.

 

COOPER, M.A., 2000, Geological Highway Map of Alberta. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Canada.

 

COOPER, M.A, WEISSENBERGER, J., KNIGHT, I.R., HOSTAD, D., GILLESPIE, D., WILLIAMS, H., BURDEN, E., PORTER-CHAUDHRY, J., RAE, D. AND CLARK, E. , 2001, Basin Evolution in Western Newfoundland: New Insights from Hydrocarbon Exploration, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v83 p393-418.

 

HARRIS,R., COOPER, M.,& SHOOK, I. 2003, Focusing Oil and Gas Exploration in Eastern Yemen by Using Satellite Images and Elevation Data alongside Conventional 2D Seismic, CSEG Recorder, February, 30-34.

 

COOPER, M, BREALEY, C., FERMOR, P., GREEN, R. & MORRISON, M, 2004, Structural Models of Subsurface Thrust-related Folds in the Foothills of British Columbia; Case Studies of Sidetracked Gas Wells. In McClay, K.R., Thrust tectonics and hydrocarbon systems: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 82, p. 579-597.

 

GUSTAVSON, M., COOPER, M.A., KOLLUNG, S. AND TRAGHEIM, D.G., 2004. Bergrunskart FAUSKE 2129 IV – M 1:50000. Norges Geologiske Undersokelse.

 

COOPER, M, 2007, Structural Style and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in fold and thrust belts: a global review. In; Deformation of the Continental Crust: The Legacy of Mike Coward, Edited by Ries, A.C., Butler, R.W.H & Graham, R.H., Geological Society of London Special Publication, 272, 447-472.

 

COOPER, M.A., 2010, Geological Highway Map of Alberta. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, 2nd Edition, Calgary, Canada.

 

COOPER, M. and WARREN, M. J. 2010, The Geometric Characteristics, Genesis and Petroleum Significance of Inversion Structures, In: Law, R. D., Butler, R.W. H., Holdsworth, R. E., Krabbendam, M. & Strachan, R. A. (eds) Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building: The Legacy of Peach and Horne, Geological Society Special Publications, 335,  827-846.

 

BARR, S.M. & COOPER, M.A. 2013, Late Cenozoic basalt and gabbro in the subsurface in the Phetchabun Basin, Thailand: Implications for the Southeast Asian Volcanic Province, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, In Press.