Ron Cooke
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Ronald Urwick Cooke, FRGS DL is a professor of geography and geomorphology who was vice-Chancellor of the University of York from 1993 to 2002. Career Cooke's academic career began as a lecturer in the Department of Geography at University College London in 1961. He rose to the position of Professor in 1981 and Vice-Provost at the same institution. From 1993 to 2002 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of York. Cooke was appointed chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee in 2004. He was a Trustee of the National Museum of Science and Industry from 2005 to 2008.
Ron Cooke's Published Works
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Published Works
- Geomorphology in deserts (1973) (300)
- Arroyos and Environmental Change in the American Southwest (1976) (263)
- Geomorphology in environmental management (1985) (191)
- Salt Weathering in Deserts (1968) (188)
- STONE PAVEMENTS IN DESERTS1 (1970) (114)
- Laboratory simulation of rock weathering by salt crystallization and hydration processes in hot, arid environments (1985) (112)
- Geomorphology in Environmental Management. A New Introduction (1991) (102)
- Laboratory simulation of salt weathering processes in arid environments (1979) (100)
- Geomorphology in environmental management: An introduction (1975) (86)
- The formation of silt from quartz dune sand by salt-weathering processes in deserts. (1979) (85)
- The Changing Image@@@Bibliography of Repeat Photography for Evaluating Landscape Change. (1985) (80)
- Urban Geomorphology in Dry Lands (1983) (79)
- HISTORICAL SOURCES FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES (1991) (74)
- Stone weathering in Southeast England (1987) (60)
- The Character and Possible Origins of the Aeolian Sediments of the Wahiba Sand Sea, Oman (1987) (58)
- Twenty‐year weathering remeasurements at St Paul's Cathedral, London (2001) (57)
- Implications of the Isotopic Ages of Ignimbrite Flows, Southern Atacama Desert, Chile (1967) (55)
- Weathering of the balustrade on st. paul's cathedral, London (1982) (52)
- The Origin and Distribution of Salts on Alluvial Fans in The Atacama Desert, Northern Chile (1997) (49)
- Using gravestones to assess changing rates of weathering in the United Kingdom (1995) (48)
- Rapid geomorphological assessments for engineering (1979) (45)
- Salt efflorescences and Saline lakes; a distributional analysis (1984) (41)
- Urban Geomorphology in Drylands (1983) (41)
- Remeasurement of weathering rates, St. Paul's Cathedral, London (1989) (41)
- STONE PAVEMENTS IN DESERTS ! (2004) (38)
- Crumbling Heritage? Studies of Stone Weathering in Polluted Atmospheres. (1994) (34)
- Stone movement on hillslopes in the Mojave Desert, California: A 16‐year record (1984) (33)
- Morphometric analysis of pediments and associated landforms in the western Mohave Desert, California (1970) (32)
- Geomorphological Hazards in Los Angeles (1986) (32)
- Trends in stone weathering and atmospheric pollution at St Paul's cathedral, London 1980-1990 (1991) (27)
- Common Ground, Shared Inheritance: Research Imperatives for Environmental Geography (1992) (27)
- CHAPTER 2 – PROGRESS IN GEOMORPHOLOGY (1969) (24)
- Thirty years of erosion and declining atmospheric pollution at St Paul's Cathedral, London (2012) (24)
- Geomorphological investigation, for engineering purposes, of blowing sand and dust hazard (1986) (18)
- High Stands of Quaternary Sea Level Along the Chilean Coast (1965) (17)
- Geomorphological Contributions to Acid Rain Research: Studies of Stone Weathering (1989) (17)
- Relations between debris size and the slope of mountain fronts and pediments in the Mojave Desert, California (1972) (16)
- The application of confocal microscopy to the study of stone weathering (1993) (13)
- Public Perception of Environmental Quality in Tucson, Arizona (1971) (12)
- Research on limestone decay in the united kingdom (1985) (12)
- Middle East—Review and Bibliography of Geomorphological Contributions (1978) (12)
- Geomorphology and Environmental Management (1987) (11)
- Salt Damage to Islamic Monuments in Uzbekistan (1992) (10)
- Physical Problems of the Urban Environment: A Symposium: Discussion (1976) (10)
- Rates of stone loss at St Paul's Cathedral, London (1990) (9)
- Salt weathering simulation ― some comments (1983) (9)
- Geomorphological hazards in Los Angeles : a study of slope and sediment problems in a metropolitan county (1984) (9)
- Geology and geomorphology of the Suez city region, Egypt (1980) (7)
- Remote sensing of the terrestrial environment principles and progress (1970) (6)
- Environmental geology mapping: An international review (1987) (5)
- SCALES FOR DETERMINING SLOPE FROM TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS (1968) (5)
- Trends in geography : an introductory survey (1970) (4)
- Landforms and Geomorphology — Concepts and History (1977) (3)
- Portrait of a Wilderness: The Story of the Coto Doñana Expeditions@@@Portrait of a Wilderness: The Story of the Coto Donana Expeditions (1969) (1)
- Terra infirma: Geomorphology in higher education (1978) (1)
- SEDIMENTS OF THE WAHIBA SAND SEA, OMAN (1987) (1)
- Book reviews: Playa lakes (1977) (0)
- Structural landforms — landforms associated with granitic rocks, faults, and folded strata: Twidale, C.R. (1971): An introduction to systematic geomorphology vol. 5. 247 pp., 56 photos, 101 figures. London: M.I.T. Press. £ 4.45 (1972) (0)
- Applied Geology: A Popular Preface@@@Geology and Society. (1986) (0)
- COMMENT IN REPLY (1971) (0)
- Food, Fiber and The Arid Lands@@@Arid Lands in Transition (1973) (0)
- GUIDE TO SITE SURVEYING (1974) (0)
- The Content and Relationships of Physical Geography: Discussion (1975) (0)
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