50. *Fattaruso, Laura, Michele L. Cooke, Rebecca J. Dorsey and Bernard Housen, 2016. Response of deformation patterns to reorganization of the southern San Andreas fault system since ca. 1.5 Ma, Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.035
49. Buiter, Susanne J. H., Guido Schreurs, Markus Albertz, Teras V. Gerya, Boris Kaus, Walter Landry, Laetitia le Pourhiet, Yury Mishin, David L. Egholm, Michele Cooke, Bertrand Maillot, Cedric Thieulot, Tony Crook, David May, Pauline Souloumiac and Christopher Beaumont, 2016, Benchmarking Numerical models of brittle thrust wedges, Journal of Structural Geology. 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.03.003.
48. *McBeck, Jessica, Elizabeth H. Madden and Michele L. Cooke, 2016. Growth by Optimization of Work (GROW): A new modeling tool that predicts fault growth through work minimization, Computers and Geoscience, 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.12.019
47. *Herbert, Justin W., Michele L. Cooke, Pauline Souloumiac, Elizabeth H. Madden, Baptiste C.L. Mary and Bertrand Maillot, 2015. The work of fault growth in laboratory sandbox experiments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.016/j.epsl2015.09.046.
46. Healy, David, Thomas G Blenkinsop; Nicholas E Timms; Philip G Meredith; Thomas M Mitchell; Michele L. Cooke, 2015. Polymodal faulting: Time for a new angle on shear failure, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 80, p 57-71, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.013.
45. *Hatem, Alex, Michele L. Cooke and Elizabeth H. Madden, 2015.Evolving efficiency of restraining bends within wet kaolin analog experiments, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JB011735.
44. *Fattaruso, Laura A., Michele L. Cooke and Rebecca J. Dorsey, 2014. Sensitivity of uplift patterns to dip of the San Andreas fault in the Coachella Valley, CA, Geosphere, v. 10; no. 6; p. 1235–1246; doi:10.1130/GES01050.1.
43. Cooke, Michele L. and Elizabeth H. Madden, 2014. Is the Earth Lazy? A review of work minimization in fault evolution, Journal of Structural Geology, 334-346, doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.05.004
42. *Herbert, Justin W., Michele. L. Cooke, and Scott T.
Marshal dl, 2014. Influence of fault
connectivity on slip rates in southern
California: Potential impact on discrepancies
between geodetic derived and
geologic slip rates, Journal Geophysical Research Solid
Earth, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JB010472.
41. *Herbert, Justin W., Michele L. Cooke, Michael Oskin and Ohilda Difo, 2014. How much can off-fault deformation contribute to the slip rate discrepancy within the Eastern California Shear Zone?, Geology. doi:10.1130/G34738.1
40. *Al-Fahmi, Mohammed, Michele L. Cooke and John C. Cole, 2014. Modeling of the Dammam outcrop fractures: Case study for fracture development within salt core structures, GeoArabia, vol. 19, p. 49-80.
39. Cooke, Michele L., Mariel T. Schottenfeld and Steven W. Buchanan, 2013. Evolution of Fault Efficiency at Restraining Bends within Wet Kaolin, Journal of Structural Geology, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2013.01.010.
38. Manda, Alex K., Stephen B. Mabee, David F. Boutt, Michele L. Cooke, 2012. A new method of estimating bulk potential permeability in fractured rock aquifers using field derived fracture data and type curves submitted to Hydrogeology Journal, doi: 10.1007/s10040-012-0919-2.
37.* Herbert, Justin and Michele L. Cooke, 2012. Sensitivity of the southern San Andreas fault system to tectonic boundary conditions, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 105, 2046-2062, doi: 10.1785/0120110316
36. Buczkowski, Debra, Kim D. Seelos and Michele L. Cooke, 2012. Large scale fractures in western Utopia Basin, Mars: Giant polygons and circular graben, Journal of Geophysical Research, Planets, doi:10.1029/2011JE003934
35. Cooke, Michele L and Nicholas J. van der Elst, 2012. Rheologic testing of wet kaolin reveals frictional and bi-viscous behavior typical of crustal materials, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, L01308,doi:10.1029/2011GL050186.
34 Cooke, Michele L., Fariha Islam and George E. McGill, 2011. Basement Controls on the Scale of Giant Polygons in Utopia Planitia, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 116, E09003, doi:10.1029/2011JE003812
33. Cooke, Michele L., and Laura C. Dair, 2011. Simulating the recent evolution of the southern big bend of the San Andreas fault, Southern California, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B04405, doi:10.1029/2010JB007835.
32. *Shackleton, J. Ryan, Michele L. Cooke, Jaume Verges, J. Toni Simo, 2011. Temporal constraints on fracturing associated with fault related folding at Sant Corneli Anticline, Spanish Pyrenees Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 33, 5-19, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.11.003
31. Savage, Heather, Shackleton, J. Ryan, Michele L. Cooke, and Jeffrey J. Riedel, 2010. Insights into fold growth using fold-related joint patterns and mechanical stratigraphy, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 32, 1466-1475, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.09.004.
30. Maerten, Franz, Laurent Maerten and Michele L Cooke, 2010, Solving 3D boundary element problems using constrained iterative approach, Computational Geosciences, vol. 14, no. 4. p. 551-564, doi:10.1007/s10596-009-9170-x
29. Savage, Heather M. and Michele L. Cooke, 2010. Unlocking the effects of friction on fault damage zones, Journal of Structural Geology, 1732-1741, 
doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.014.
28. *Dair, Laura and Michele L Cooke, 2009. San Andreas Fault Geometry through the San Gorgonio Pass, California, Geology, v. 37, p 119-122, doi: 10.1130/G25101A.
27. *Marshall, Scott T., Simon A. Kattenhorn and Michele L. Cooke, 2010. Secondary normal faulting in the Lake Mead fault system and implications for regional fault mechanics, in Umhoefer, P.J., Beard, L.S., and Lamb, M.A., eds., Miocene Tectonics of the Lake Mead Region, Central Basin and Range: Geological Society of America Special Paper 463, p. 289–310, doi: 10.1130/2010.2463(13).
26. *Marshall, Scott T, Michele L. Cooke and Susan E. Owen, 2009. Interseismic Deformation Associated with Three-Dimensional Faults in the Greater Los Angeles Region, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, v, 114, B12403, doi:10.1029/2009JB006439.
25. Plesch, Andreas, John H. Shaw, Christine Benson, William A. Bryant, Sara Carena, Michele Cooke, James Dolan, Gary Fuis, Eldon Gath, Lisa Grant, Egill Hauksson, Thomas Jordan, Marc Kamerling, Mark Legg, Scott Lindvall, Harold Magistrale, Craig Nicholson, Nathan Niemi, Michael Oskin, Sue Perry, George Planansky, Thomas Rockwell, Peter Shearer, Christopher Sorlien, M. Peter Süss, John Suppe, Jerry Treiman, and Robert Yeats 2008. Community Fault Model (CFM) for southern California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 97, p. 1793-1802.
24. *Marshall, Scott T, Michele L. Cooke and Susan E. Owen, 2008. Effects of Non-Planar Fault Topology and Mechanical Interaction on Fault Slip Distributions in the Ventura Basin, CA, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol 98:
23. Meigs, Andrew, Michele L. Cooke and Scott T. Marshall, 2008, Using Vertical Rock Uplift Patterns to Constrain the Three-Dimensional Fault Configuration in the Los Angeles Basin, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 98:106-123.
22. Del Castello, Mario and Michele L. Cooke, 2007, The Underthrusting-Accretion Cycle: Work Budget as Revealed by the Boundary Element Method, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2007JB004997.
21. Cooke, Michele and Scott T. Marshall, 2006, Fault slip rates from three-dimensional models of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, L21313, doi:10.1029/2006GL027850.
20. *J. Ryan Shackleton and Michele L. Cooke, 2007, Is plane strain a valid assumption in non-cylindrical fault-cored folds?, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 29, 1229-1240.
19. Cooke, Michele L., J. Toni Simo, Chad Underwood and P. Rijken, 2006, Mechanical Stratigraphic Controls on Fracture Patterns within Carbonates and Implications for Groundwater Flow, Journal of Sedimentary Geology special issue on Heterogeneities in Sedimentary Aquifers 184, pp. 225-239.
18. *Griffith, W. Ashley and Michele L. Cooke , 2005. How sensitive are fault slip rates in the Los Angeles to tectonic boundary conditions? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 95, pp. 1263-1275.
17. *Olson, Erik and Michele L. Cooke , 2005. Application of Three Fault Growth Criteria to the Puente Hills Thrust System, Los Angeles, California, USA, Journal of Structural Geology vol. 27, 1765-1777.
16. *Shackleton, Ryan, Michele L. Cooke and Aviva J Sussman, 2005. Evidence for temporally changing mechanical stratigraphy and effects on joint network architecture, Geology , vol. 33, pp. 101-104 .15. Cooke, Michele L. and Susan Murphy, 2004. Assessing the work budget and efficiency of fault systems using mechanical models, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 109, doi:10.1029/2004JB002968
14. *Griffith, W. Ashley and Michele L. Cooke , 2004. Mechanical validation of the three-dimensional intersection geometry between the Puente Hills blind-thrust system and the Whittier fault, Los Angeles, California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America , vol 94 pp. 493-505.
13. *Buczkowski, Debra L. and Michele L. Cooke , 2004. Compaction and shrinkage over buried impact craters: Implications for thickness and nature of cover material in Utopia Planitia, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planetary, vol.109, doi:10.1029/2003JE002144.
12. *Savage, Heather M. and Michele L. Cooke. 2004. An investigation into the role of fault interaction on fold pattern, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 26, pp 905-917.
11. *Savage, Heather M. and Michele L. Cooke . 2003. Can fault-ramp-flat fault geometry be inferred from fold shape?: A sensitivity analysis of kinematic and mechanical folds and laboratory simulation, Journal of Structural Geology , vol.25, pp. 2023-2034.
10. *Underwood, Chad A., Michele L. Cooke, J. Antonio Simo and Maureen Muldoon 2003. Stratigraphic Controls on Vertical Fracture Patterns in Silurian Dolomite, Northeastern Wisconsin, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. vol. 87, no. 1, pp121-142.
9. *Cooke, Michele L. and Ayako Kameda 2002, Mechanical Fault Interaction within the Los Angeles Basin: A Two-Dimensional Analysis using Mechanical Efficiency, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, doi:10.1029/2001JB000542
8. *Rijken, Peggy and Michele L. Cooke, 2001, Role of shale on vertical connectivity of fractures in the Austin Chalk, Texas: application of crack-bridging theory, Tectonophysics. vol. 337, pp. 117-133
7. Cooke, Michele L and Chad A. Underwood, 2001. Fracture termination and step-over at bedding interfaces due to frictional slip and interface debonding, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 23 pp.223-238.
6. Whitney, Donna L, Michele L. Cooke and S. Andrew Du Frane, 2000. Modeling of radial microcracks around non-spherical inclusions in garnet using fracture mechanics, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 105, pp. 2843-2853.
5. Cooke, Michele L., Pauline N. Mollema, David D. Pollard, and Atilla Aydin, 2000, Interlayer slip and joint localization in East Kaibab Monocline, Utah: field evidence and results from numerical modeling, Forced Folds and Fractures, (eds. Cosgrove and Ameen) Geological Society Special Publication 169, pp 23-49.
4. Cooke, Michele L., 1997. Fracture localization along faults with spatially varying friction, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 102, pp. 22,425-22,434.
3. *Roering, Joshua J., Michele L. Cooke and David D. Pollard, 1997. Why blind thrust faults don't propagate to the earth's surface: Numerical modeling of coseismic deformation associated with thrust-related anticlines, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 102, B6, pp. 11,901-11,912.
2. Cooke, Michele L. and David D. Pollard, 1997. Bedding plane slip in initial stages of fault-related folding Journal of Structural Geology Special Issue on Fault-Related Folding, vol. 19, pp. 567-581.
1. Cooke, Michele L. and David D. Pollard, 1996, Fracture propagation paths under mixed mode loading within rectangular blocks of polymethyl methacrylate, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 101, B2, pp. 3387-3400.