Joseph L. Allen, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology
Chair, Division of Natural Sciences

Campus Box 19
Concord University
Athens, WV 24712-1000

401C Science Hall
304-384-5238
email to: allenj [type at symbol] concord.edu


Office Hours:
M 11-1, W 11-12, R 1130-1230, F 11-12
and by appointment


























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Department of Physical Sciences
Division of Natural Sciences

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Course Information

GEOL 101 Earth Processes, Resources, and the Environment

GEOL 205 Environmental Geology and Geophysics

GEOL 370 Earth Materials and Minerals

GEOL 385 Structural Geology

GEOL 404 Field Geology in the Rockies
*Next offered Summer 2013*
Research Interests

Processes associated with fault reactivation; pseudotachylytes and the geologic record of earthquake rupture

About the Prof.

Selected Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Current Research Projects:


1. Earthquake dynamics and frictional-plastic coupling at hypocentral depths. A study of coeval pseudotachylyte and mylonite in the Homestake shear zone, Sawatch Range, Colorado. Funded by the National Science Foundation Tectonics Program.

2. Dynamic development and reactivation of a newly discovered frictional-plastic deformation system: Origin and evolution of the Grizzly Creek shear zone, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Funded by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society.

3. Geology of the New River Gorge National Scenic River. Geologic mapping in collaboration with the National Park Service and the West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey.
Geology at Concord

Environmental Geosciences Program
Information and degree requirements for Concord's B.S. Degree Program

Electron Microprobe Laboratory