Dr Anthony Cooper

Dr Anthony Cooper Principal Geologist - Shallow Geohazards and Risks

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3393

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Biography

  •  2012 –Present :  Principal Geologist Shallow Geohazards and Risks specialising in karst geohazards, evaporites, Permian, Quaternary and Anthropocene geology; District Geologist for Yorkshire and Humber Region
  •  2007 –2012 :  Team Leader for Shallow Geohazards and Risks specialising in karst geohazards, evaporites, Permian, Quaternary and Anthropocene geology; District Geologist for Yorkshire and Humber Region
  •  1997 –2007 :  District Geologist for Yorkshire and the Humber Region working on Quaternary, Permian, Triassic sequences and on evaporite karst geological hazards
  •  1994 –1997 :  Principal Survey geologist working on Triassic evaporite sequences and gypsum karst geohazards in the UK, with collaboration in Lithuania, Spain, Ukraine, Germany and China
  •  1982 –1994 :  Senior Survey geologist in the Lake District specialising in the Skiddaw Group (Ordovician) and also in evaporite karst geohazards
  •  1980 :  PhD - Ordovician stratigraphy and palaeontology Central Portugal
  •  1975 –1982 :  Survey geologist in Yorkshire specialising in Quaternary, Carboniferous and Permian geology
  •  1972 :  BSc Hons Geology

Accreditations

  •  2002 –Present :  European Geologist (EurGeol)
  •  1991 –Present :  Chartered Geologist (CGeol) with approved CPD reporting.

Skills

  •  3D modelling (GSI3D) especially of Quaternary, Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic sequences
  •  Evaporites especially gypsum/anhydrite, salt and potash
  •  Geological mapping training of bedrock and lowland Quaternary geology
  •  Geological photography and digital enhancement
  •  Geological surveying and the use of GeoVisionary in the office and GIS in the field (SIGMA.Mobile)
  •  Permian (especially Zechstein) and Triassic geology
  •  The use of Geographic Information Systems (Arc9) for recording and assessing karst hazards

Current projects and collaboration

  •  GeoSure soluble rocks geohazards
  •  Anthropocene geology and processes
  •  Evaporite karst geohazards with Zaragoza University, Spain
  •  Karst geohazards and the karst database
  •  Shallow geological hazards and climate change
  •  2011 –Present :  Collaboration about alabaster provenance for historical artworks with BRGM France, LRMH France, CICRP France, Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala Museum Sweden and N Worley UK.

Professional association

  •  2000 –Present :  Member International Association of Hydrogeological Sciences
  •  1998 –Present :  Member of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  •  1989 –Present :  Fellow of the Geological Society, London; past committee member of N. England and East Midlands Regional Groups)
  •  1975 –Present :  Member, Yorkshire Geological Society (past council member)

Research interests

  •  Evaporite karst (gypsum and salt) geohazards and their impacts on planning and development
  •  Geological hazards
  •  Permian (Zechstein) stratigraphy and sedimentology
  •  Quaternary geology and glacial evolution, especially of Yorkshire
  •  The Anthropocene and classification of artificial ground

Published outputs

Key papers

PRICE, S J, FORD, J R, COOPER, A H, and NEAL, C. 2011. Humans as major geological and geomorphological agents in the Anthropocene: the significance of artificial ground in Great Britain. 1056-1084 in The Anthropocene: a new Epoch of geological time. ZALASIEWICZ, J A, WILLIAMS, M, HAYWOOD, A, and ELLIS, M (editors). 369. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Series A).)

FARRANT, A R, and COOPER, A H. 2008. Karst geohazards in the UK: the use of digital data for hazard management. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 41, 339-356.

GUTIERREZ, F, COOPER, A H, and JOHNSON, K S. 2008. Identification, prediction, and mitigation of sinkhole hazards in evaporite karst areas. Environmental Geology, 53, 1007-1022.

COOPER, A H. 2002. Halite karst geohazards (natural and man-made) in the United Kingdom. Environmental Geology, 42, 505-512.

COOPER, A H. 1998. Subsidence hazards caused by the dissolution of Permian gypsum in England: geology, investigation and remediation. 265-275 in Geohazards in Engineering Geology. MAUND, J G, and EDDLESTON, M (editors). (Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publication 15.) ISBN 0267-9914.

COOPER, A H, RUSHTON, A W A, MOLYNEUX, S G, HUGHES, R A, MOORE, R M, and WEBB, B C. 1995. The stratigraphy, correlation, provenance and palaeogeography of the Skiddaw Group (Ordovician) in the English Lake District. Geological Magazine, 132, 185-211.