Joseph L. Allen

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: Fall 2009 MW 10-11, MF12-1, and by appointment Concord Home Department of Physical Sciences Division of Natural Sciences
	Course Information GEOL 101 Earth Processes, Resources, and the Environment GEOL 202 Evolution of Earth Systems GEOL 370 Earth Materials and Minerals GEOL 371 Optical Mineralogy GEOL 385 Structural Geology and Geophysics GEOL 404 Field Geology in the Rockies *Next offered Summer 2011*
	Research Interests Structural and sedimentary processes associated with fault reactivation; pseudotachylytes and earthquake rupture dynamics About the Prof. Selected Publications Student Research Projects 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.
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	This page updated 10/2, 2009