Prof Gordon Cook

Prof Gordon Cook

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Geochemistry

Applications of 14C in forensic science.

Application of 14C  for estimating the biofuel content in fossil fuel/biofuel mixes.

Applications of 14C dating in archaeology and archaeological science.

Application of stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) in understanding palaeodiet and palaeodietary shifts.

Radionuclide geochemistry: The behaviour and fate of long-lived anthropogenic radionuclides in the environment (14C, 129I, Pu isotopes, etc).

Manmade radionuclides as tracers of environmental processes – accumulation, mixing and re-distribution processes in sediments.

Understanding freshwater and marine radiocarbon reservoir effects.