Timothy Thorpe Allen, Ph.D.

List of Publications

• Publications (refereed journals)
• Allen, T., M. Comeau*, H. Carson*, and E. Hurd*, 2003, A Reconnaissance of the Heavy Metal Content of Ashuelot River Sediments, Studies in New England Geography, Number 17, 23 pages.
• Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1991. Metamorphic evidence for an inverted crustal section, with constraints on the Main Karakorum Thrust, Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 9: 403-418.
• Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1989. Thermal consequences of mantled gneiss dome emplacement. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 9(3): 392-404.
• Proceedings
  • Allen, T., 2003, Bedrock Geology of the Lake Sunapee Area, West-Central New Hampshire, in Brady, J.B., and Cheney, J.T., eds., Guidebook to Field Trips in the Five College Region, New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 95th Annual Meeting. pp. A4.1-A4.14.
  • Allen, T., Creasy, J., Davis, P.T., Eusden, J.D., Fowler, B.K., and Thompson, W.B., 2001, The Notches: Bedrock and Surficial Geology of New Hampshire's White Mountains. David P. West and Richard H. Bailey, editors, Guidebook for Geological Field Trips in New England, Geological Society of America, 2001 Annual Meeting. pp. C1-C33.
  • Allen, T., 1997, Nappes, Gneiss Domes, and Plutonic Sheets of West-Central New Hampshire. Timothy W. Grover, Helen N. Mango, and Edward J. Hasenohr, editors, Guidebook to Field Trips in Vermont and Adjacent New Hampshire and New York, New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 89th Annual Meeting. pp. A2.1 - A2.19.
  • Allen, T., 1996, A Stratigraphic and Structural Traverse of Mount Moriah, New Hampshire. Mark Van Baalen, editor, Guidebook to Field Trips in Northern New Hampshire and Adjacent Regions of Maine and Vermont, New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 88th Annual Meeting, pp. 155-169.
  • Allen, T., 1996, Petrology and Stable Isotope Systematics of Migmatites in Pinkham Notch, NH. Mark Van Baalen, editor, Guidebook to Field Trips in Northern New Hampshire and Adjacent Regions of Maine and Vermont, New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 88th Annual Meeting, pp. 279-298.
  • Allen, T. 1993. Editor, Mount Washington, White Mountains of New Hampshire. Guidebook for Annual Field Trip, New Hampshire Geological Society.
  • Chamberlain, C. P., J. B. Thompson and T. Allen 1988. Stratigraphic and Structural Relationships of the Fall Mountain Nappe. Bothner, W. A., editor, Guidebook for Field Trips in Southwestern New Hampshire, Southeastern Vermont and North-Central Massachusetts. New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference, 80th Annual Meeting, pp. 32-39.
• Abstracts (papers presented at meetings)
  • Allen , T., 2008, "Contamination of Soils and Sediments in Keene, NH, from Lead Paint," (abstract) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 40(2):8
  • Allen, T.T., Ferrigno*, S., and Renfrew, R.B., 2007, "Trace Element Fingerprinting of Bird Feathers by WD-XRF," (abstract) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 39(1):47
  • Allen, T.T., and Burns*, E., 2006, "Occurrence and Distribution of Trace-Metal-Contaminated Sediments in the Ashuelot River, Keene, N.H.", (abstract) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(2):12
  • Burt*, C., Saxon*, D., and Allen, T.T., 2002, "Bedrock Geology of the Lake Sunapee Area, New Hampshire," (abstract), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 34(1):A-68
  • Saxon*, D., Allen, T. T., Burt*, C., King*, J., and Lindberg*, J., 2001, "Geology of the Lake Sunapee Area, New Hampshire" (abstract), Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33(1):A-12
  • Allen, T. T. 1998. Field Laboratories in Environmental Geology and Hydrogeology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 30(7): A306. (co-convener of theme session)
  • Allen, T. 1998. Structure and Stratigraphy of Migmatite Gneisses in the Gorham, NH-ME, Quadrangle. (invited; Billings Symposium) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 30(1): 1.
  • ^*O'Rourke, J; ^*Ravella, M; ^*Lance, D; ^*Smith, M; ^*Gruneaur, A; ^*Stiles, T; ^*Martin, J; Allen, T; ^*Villanova, J; and ^*Drobat, P, 1998. Field Studies of Sub-Surface Hydrologic Dynamics. (Special Undergraduate Research Poster Session) Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, 30(1): 64.
  • Allen, T. 1997. Geophysics in an Environmental Geology Context. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 29(6): A368.
  • Allen, T. 1994. New Hampshire Migmatites: Oxygen Isotope Fractionation During Partial Melting, and Suggestions of Structurally Enhanced Magma Migration. (invited) EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unions 75(16): 360-361.
  • Allen, T. 1994. Outcrop Modal Analysis: A Petrographic Application of Digital Image Processing Techniques. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 26(3): 2.
  • Smith, H. A., C. P. Chamberlain, T. Allen and P. K. Zeitler 1993. Relationship Between Deformation and Monazite Ages: Two Counter-Examples from the Himalaya. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unions 74(16): 123.
  • Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1993. Stable Isotope Fractionation During Partial Melting in Migmatites. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 25(6): A448.
  • Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1992. Pluton Migration Through Crust Leaves Migmatites Behind. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 24(7): A338.
  • Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1989. Petrologic Constraints on the Tectonic History of the Northern-Shyok Suture in Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 21(6): A181.
  • Allen, T. and C. P. Chamberlain 1988. Thermal Consequences of Gneiss Dome Formation. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Unions 69(16): 509.
  • Allen, T. 1985. A reinterpretation of the Fall Mountain Nappe, as seen from Fall Mountain, North Walpole, New Hampshire, abstract. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program 17(1): 2.
• Theses
• Allen, T. 1992. Migmatite systematics and geology : Carter Dome-Wild River Region, White Mountains, New Hampshire. Ph.D. Thesis, Dartmouth College. 249 pp.
• Allen, T. 1989. Part I, Thermal consequences of mantled gneiss dome emplacement; Part II, Petrologic constraints on the tectonic history of the Northern-Shyok Suture and the Main Karakorum Thrust, Baltistan, northern Pakistan. M.S. Thesis, Dartmouth College. 94 pp.
• Allen, T. 1984. The Fall Mountain Outlier, a piece of the Fall Mountain Nappe, North Walpole, New Hampshire. B.A. Thesis, Harvard University. 54 pp.
• Miscellaneous Papers and Reports
• Allen, T. 1999. Preliminary Report on the Hydrogeology of the Harrisville Spring. for the Conservation Commission, Town of Harrisville, NH. 6 pages.
• Allen, T. 1997. Third Annual Report, Test Wells off Krif Road, for Planning Director, City of Keene, NH. 2 pages.
• ^*Ravella, M., ^*D. Lance, and T. Allen, 1996. Potential Aquifer Recharge Locations in the Keene Area. URL: http://kilburn.keene.edu/Research/Hydrology/RLA/
• Allen, T. 1996. Second Annual Report, Test Wells off Krif Road, for Planning Director, City of Keene, NH. 1 page.
• Allen, T. 1995. Editor, GEODES 1995 Spring Field Trip Guidebook. Keene, NH: Keene State College.
• Allen, T. 1994. Outcrop Modal Analysis: A Petrographic Application of Digital Image Processing Techniques. URL: http://kilburn.keene.edu/Research/ModalAnalysis/
• Allen, T. 1995. First Annual Report, Test Wells off Krif Road, for Planning Director, City of Keene, NH. 11 pages.
• Invited Presentations
  • "Aquifers: what they are and how they work." Joint meeting of the Town of Swanzey, NH, Planning Board and Conservation Committee, September 17, 1998, Swanzey, New Hampshire.
  • "Migmatites from Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire: observations on migmatization processes and relationships to orogeny." Boston University Department of Earth Sciences Lecture. March 30, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • "Migmatites in the White Mountains: Implications for Mountain-Building Processes." New Hampshire Geological Society Annual Meeting, October 8, 1992, Concord, New Hampshire.
  • "Thermal Consequences of Mantled Gneiss Dome Emplacement." Geological Society of America Penrose Conference, Determining Criteria for Establishing the Relative Timing of Pluton Emplacement and Regional Deformation. September, 1988, Mariposa, California.
• Papers in Progress
  • "Stable Isotope Fractionation During Partial Melting in Migmatites," rejected from Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; currently in revision for submission to another journal.

Timothy Thorpe Allen, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies
Keene State College, Keene, NH, USA.

tallen@keene.edu