PHILIP A. ALLEN
Professor of Sedimentary Geology
Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
England
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 7363
Email: [email protected]
Philip Allen is a process-oriented Earth scientist with particular interests
in the interactions and feedbacks between the solid Earth and its
‘exosphere’ through the critical interface of the Earth’s surface. His
research projects include topics in basin analysis, sedimentology,
geomorphology and tectonics, using theory, laboratory analysis, field
studies and numerical modelling.
He held a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award for 2006-2011,
and was the recipient of the Lyell Medal (Geological Society of London)
in 2007. He received a Rector’s Research Award for 2007 at Imperial
College. He was elected to Council of the Geological Society in 2008 and
was Secretary (chairman) of the Science Committee 2009-2012.
Philip Allen has an international reputation for rigorous, quantitative,
multifaceted approaches to problems involving the interaction between
the solid Earth and surface processes. He has made fundamental
contributions to the understanding of sedimentary basins associated with
mountain building, the geology of climate in deep time, and the
functioning of sediment routing systems. He has supervised and
mentored 26 graduate students and 14 postdoctoral workers/research
associates, five of whom are now Readers or Professors in UK/European
universities. He has written 4 books and over 100 peer-reviewed
publications.
Philip Allen graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology from
University College of Wales Aberystwyth in 1974. After 2 years working
for BP, he went to Cambridge University to carry out doctoral studies on
Devonian sedimentary rocks in the Shetland Islands, before taking a postdoctoral
position in the University of Bern, Switzerland. He was appointed to a lectureship in
Cardiff University in 1981 and to a lectureship in Oxford University in 1985. At Oxford,
he was Admissions Tutor and Senior Tutor at St Cross College and Senior Proctor of the
University in 1994. He took up the Chair of Geology & Mineralogy at Trinity College
Dublin in 1996, a full professorship in ETH-Zürich in 2001, and returned to the UK with
a Chair at Imperial College London. In 2010, he convened the William Smith Meeting on
‘Landscapes into Rock’ and a Royal Society Kavli International Seminar on ‘Earth
Surface Dynamics’.
EDUCATION
(1976-1979) PhD, University of Cambridge, Department of Geology. Dissertation entitled
"Sedimentological Aspects of the Devonian Strata of S.E. Shetland", supervised by Dr. P.F.
Friend.
(1971-1974) BSc, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Department of Geology.
(1964-1971) City of Bath Technical School, Bath, Somerset (1964-1971)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
(2005- present) Professor, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College
London, Head of Earth & Planets section 2006-2010
(2001–2005)
Professor of Physical Sedimentary Systems, Department of Earth Sciences,
ETH-Zürich. Head of Geology Institute 2003-2005
(1996–2001)
Professor of Geology & Mineralogy (1843), Trinity College Dublin, and Head of
Department of Geology
(1985–1996)
Lecturer in Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, and Fellow of St.
Cross College. 1991-1992 Tutor for Admissions, St Cross College: 1993-1994 Senior Proctor
of Oxford University: 1995-1996 Chairman of Sub-Faculty of Earth Sciences: 1996-1996
Senior Tutor, St. Cross College
(1982–1985)
Lecturer in Clastic Sedimentology, Department of Geology, University College
of Wales, Cardiff
(1979–1982)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Bern,
Switzerland, supervised by Prof. A. Matter
(1974–1976)
Geologist, British Petroleum Company Ltd., Aberdeen, London and The Hague
TEACHING & TRAINING
I have been teaching aspects of the geosciences in the classroom and in the field for over 30 years.
Courses cover physical sedimentology, petroleum geology, Alpine geology, and an
introductory geology course called ‘Earth, Wind & Fire’. Over the last 7 years, I have
concentrated on teaching Basin Analysis, taught to 4th year undergraduates and MSc students
of Petroleum Geoscience at Imperial College.
I was invited to give the Pialli lectures (1 week course, 2008) to European doctoral students at the
University of Perugia, with the title ‘Foreland Basin Systems of Western Europe’.
The Basin Analysis course has recently been used to teach short courses to ENI (at University of
Perugia) and NEFTEX (Oxfordshire, England).
The third edition of Basin Analysis: Principles and Petroleum Play Assessment (Wiley-Blackwell, 632
pp) is published in June 2013. Previous editions have 1222 citations.
PUBLICATIONS
List excludes Abstracts, Book Reviews and other Minor Publications
h-factor (March 2013): 38
Books
1.
Allen, P.A. & Allen, J.R. (1990) Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications. Blackwell
Scientific Publications, Oxford, 463 pp.
2.
Allen, P.A. (1997) Earth Surface Processes. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 416 pp.
3.
Allen, P.A. & Allen, J.R. (2005) Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications. Blackwell
Publishing, Oxford. Second Edition, 549 pp.
4.
Allen, P.A. & Allen, J.R. (2013) Basin Analysis: Principles and Application to Petroleum Play
Assessment. Wiley-Blackwell. Third Edition, 632 pp.
Edited books
5.
Allen, P.A., Homewood, P. & Williams, G.D. (Eds.) (1985) International Symposium on
Foreland Basins Excursion Guidebook, Fribourg, Switzerland, Sept. 1985.
6.
Allen, P.A. & Homewood, P. (Eds.) (1986) Foreland Basins. Spec. Publ. int. Assoc.
Sedimentol. 8, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, 440 pp.
7.
Kearey, P., Allen, P.A. et al. (1993) Encyclopaedia of the Solid Earth Sciences
(sedimentology entries), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 713 pp.
Chapters in books
8.
Allen, P.A. & Collinson, J.D. (1986) Lakes. In: Sedimentary Environments and Facies,
Second Edition (Ed. by H.G. Reading) Chapter 4, pp. 63-94 Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
9.
Allen, P.A. (1986) Sedimentary Environments. In: Encyclopaedia of the Earth (Ed. by P.
Smith), pp. 157-172, Hutchinson.
10. Talbot, M.R. & Allen, P.A. (1996) Lakes (Chapter 4) In: Sedimentary Environments and
Facies, Third Edition (Ed. by H.G. Reading), Blackwell Science, Oxford.
11. Homewood, P., Allen, P.A., Weidmann, M., Fasel, J.M. & Lateltin, O. (1985) Geological
excursion to the Swiss Molasse basin. In: Int. Symp. on Foreland Basin Excursion
Guidebook, 5-38.
12. Allen, P.A., Rieu, R., Etienne, J.L., Matter, A. & Cozzi, A. (2012) The Ayn Formation of
the Mirbat Group, Dhofar, Oman. In: The Geologic Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations,
IGCP 512 (edited by E Arnaud, G.P. Halverson and G. Shields).
13. Allen, P.A., Leather, J., Brasier, M.D., McCarron, G., Le Guerroué, E., Etienne & J.L.,
Cozzi (2012) The Abu Mahara Group (Ghubrah and Fiq Formations), Jabal Akhdar,
Oman. In: The Geologic Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations, IGCP 512 (edited by E
Arnaud, G.P. Halverson and G. Shields).
14. Etienne, J.L., Allen, P.A., Le Guerroué, E., Heaman, L., Ghosh, S.K. & Islam, R. (2012)
The Blaini Formation of the Lesser Himalaya, Northwest India. In: The Geologic Record
of Neoproterozoic Glaciations, IGCP 512 (edited by E Arnaud, G.P. Halverson and G.
Shields).
15. Allen, P.A. & Armitage, J.J. (2012) Cratonic basins. In: Syntectonic Basin Development,
Active to Ancient: Recent Advances, Wiley-Blackwell, edited by Cathy Busby and Antonio
Azor.
16. Allen, P.A. & P.L. Heller (2012) The timing, distribution and significance of tectonically
generated gravels in terrestrial sediment routing systems. In: Syntectonic Basin
Development, Active to Ancient: Recent Advances, Wiley-Blackwell, edited by Cathy Busby
and Antonio Azor.
Peer-reviewed journals
17. Allen, P.A. (1981) Devonian lake margin environments and processes, S.E. Shetland. J.
Geol. Soc. London, 138, 1-14.
18. Allen, P.A. (1981) Wave generated structures in the Devonian lacustrine sediments of
S.E. Shetland, and ancient wave conditions. Sedimentology, 27, 369-379.
19. Allen, P.A. (1981) Sediments and processes on a small stream-flow dominated, Devonian
alluvial fan, Shetland Islands. Sed. Geol., 29, 31-66.
20. Allen, P.A. (1981) Some guidelines in reconstructing ancient sea conditions from wave
ripple marks. Marine Geol., 43, M59-M67.
21. Allen, P.A. (1981) Discussion of the stability of lower stage plane beds and the absence
of current ripples in coarse sands. J. Geol. Soc. London, 138, 753-754.
22. Homewood, P. & Allen, P.A. (1981) Wave, tide and current controlled sand bodies of the
Miocene Molasse, western Switzerland. Bull. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., 65, 2534-2545.
23. Allen, P.A. & Marshall, J.E.A. (1981) Depositional environments and palynology of the
Devonian S.E. Shetland basin. Scott. J. Geol., 17, 257-273.
24. Allen, P.A. (1982) Cyclicity of Devonian fluvial sedimentation, Cunningsburgh
Peninsula, Shetland. J. Geol. Soc. London, 139, 49-58.
25. Allen, P.A. & Matter, A. (1982) Oligocene meandering stream sedimentation in the
eastern Ebro Basin, Spain. Eclog. Geol. Helv., 75, 33-49.
26. Allen, P.A. & Mange-Rajetzky, M. (1982) Sediment dispersal and palaeo-hydraulics of
Oligocene rivers, eastern Ebro Basin, Spain. Sedimentology, 29, 705-716.
27. Matter, A., Homewood, P. & Allen, P. (1982) Exkursion A in die Obere Meeresmolasse
der Westschweiz (Region Freiburg). Jber. Mitt. Oberrhein. Geol. Ver., Neue Folg., 64, 1316, Stuttgart.
28. Allen, P.A., Cabrera, L., Colombo, F. & Matter, A. (1983) Variations in fluvial style on
the Eocene-Oligocene alluvial fan of the Scala Dei Group, eastern Ebro Basin, Spain. J.
Geol. Soc. London, 140, 133-146.
29. Allen, P.A. & Homewood, P. (1984) Evolution and mechanics of a Miocene tidal
sandwave, Sedimentology, 31, 63-82.
30. Allen, P.A. (1984) Reconstruction of ancient sea conditions with an example from the
Swiss Molasse. Marine Geology, 60, 455-473.
31. Allen, P.A., Mange-Rajetzky, M., Matter, A. & Homewood, P. (1985) Dynamic
palaeogeography of the open Burdigalian seaway, Swiss Molasse basin. Eclog. geol. Helv.,
78, 351-381.
32. Allen, P.A. (1985) Hummocky cross-stratification is not produced purely under
progressive gravity waves. Nature, London, 313, No. 6003, 562-564.
33. Allen, P.A., Homewood, P. & Williams, G.D. (1986) Foreland Basins: an Introduction.
In : Foreland Basins (Ed. by P.A. Allen and P. Homewood), 3-12.
34. Homewood, P., Allen, P.A. & Williams, G.D. (1986) Dynamics of the Molasse basin of
western Switzerland : a summary. In: Foreland Basins (Ed. by P.A. Allen and P.
Homewood), 199-217.
35. Allen, P.A. & Pound, C.J. (1986) Constraints on the palaeohydraulic significance of
hummocky bedding. In: Shelf Sands and Sandstones (Ed. by R.J. Knight and J.R. McLean)
Can. Soc. Pet. Geol. Mem., 11, 337.
36. Oberhänsli, H & Allen, P.A. (1987) Isotopic signatures of Tertiary lake carbonates,
eastern Ebro Basin, Spain. Palaeogeog. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol., 60, 59-75.
37. Allen, P.A. & Underhill, J.R. (1989) Swaley cross-stratification produced under
unidirectional flows, Bencliff Grit (Late Jurassic), Dorset, U.K. J. geol. Soc. London, 146,
241-252.
38. Allen, P.A. & Underhill, J.R. (1990) Swaley cross-stratification produced under
unidirectional flows, Bencliff Grit (Late Jurassic), Dorset U.K. Reply. J. geol. Soc.
London, 147, 396-400.
39. Hesselbo, S.J. & Allen, P.A. (1991) Major erosion surfaces in the basal Wealden Beds,
Lower Cretaceous, south Dorset. J. geol. Soc. London, 147, 105-113.
40. Sinclair, H.D., Coakley, B.C., Allen, P.A. and Watts, A.B. (1991) Simulation of foreland
basin stratigraphy using a diffusion model of mountain belt uplift and erosion: an
example from the central Alps. Tectonics, 10, 599-620.
41. Allen, P.A., Crampton, S. & Sinclair, H.D. (1991) Inception and early evolution of the
North Alpine Foreland Basin, Switzerland. Basin Research, 3, 143-163.
42. Allen, P.A. & M. Mange-Rajetzky. (1992) Devonian-Carboniferous sedimentary
evolution of the Clair area, offshore NW Britain, UK: impact of changing provenance. J.
Mar. Pet. Geol., 9, 29-52.
43. Sinclair, H.D. & Allen, P.A. (1992) Vertical versus horizontal motions in the Alpine
orogenic wedge: stratigraphic response in the foreland basin. Basin Research, 4, 215-232.
44. Allen, P.A. & Bass, J.P. (1993) Sedimentology of the Marine Molasse of the Rhône-Alp
region, eastern France: implications for basin evolution. Eclog. geol. Helv., 86, 121-172.
45. Martel, A.T., Allen, P.A. & Slingerland, R. (1994) Use of tidal circulation modelling in
palaeogeographical studies: an example from the Tertiary of the Alpine perimeter.
Geology, 22, 925-928.
46. Hartley, R. & Allen, P.A. (1994) Interior cratonic basins of Africa: relation to continental
break-up and role of mantle convection. Basin Research, 6, 95-113.
47. Crampton, S.E. & Allen, P.A. (1995) Recognition of forebulge unconformities associated
with early stage foreland basin development: example from the North Alpine Foreland
Basin. Bulletin American Association Petroleum Geologists, 79, 1495-1514.
48. Burgess, P.M. & Allen, P.A. (1996) A forward modelling analysis of the controls on
sequence stratigraphic geometries. In: Special Publication of the Geological Society of
London 103, "Sequence Stratigraphy in British Geology", (Ed. by S.P. Hesselbo & N.
Parkinson), 9-24.
49. Lihou, J. & Allen, P.A. (1996) Importance of inherited rift margin structures in the early
North Alpine Foreland Basin, Switzerland. Basin Research, 8, 425-442.
50. Hovius, N., Stark, C. & Allen, P.A. (1997) Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived
from landslide mapping. Geology, 25, 231-234.
51. Schegg, R., Leu, W., Cornford, C. & Allen, P.A. (1997) New coalification profiles in the
Swiss Molasse Basin: implications for the thermal and geodynamic evolution of the
Alpine foreland. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae, 90, 79-96.
52. Allen, P.A. & Hovius, N. (1998) Sediment supply from landslide-dominated catchments:
implications for basin margin fans. Basin Research, 10, 19-35.
53. Gupta, S. & Allen, P.A. (1999) Fossil shore platforms and drowned gravel beaches:
evidence for high-frequency sea-level fluctuations in the distal Alpine foreland basin.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69, 394-413.
54. Gee, M.J.R., Masson, D.G., Watts, A.B. & Allen, P.A. (1999) The Saharan Debris Flow:
an insight into the mechanics of long-runout submarine debris flows. Sedimentology, 46,
317-335.
55. Gupta, S. & Allen, P.A. (2000) Implications of foreland paleotopography for stratigraphic
development in the Eocene distal Alpine foreland basin. Bulletin Geological Society of
America, 112, 515-530.
56. Allen, P.A., Verlander, J.E., Burgess, P.M. & D.M. Audet (2000) Jurassic giant erg
deposits, flexure of the United States continental interior, and timing of the onset of
Cordilleran shortening. Geology, 28, 159-162.
57. Brasier, M.D., McCarron, M., Tucker, R., Leather, J., Allen, P.A. & Shields, G. (2000)
New U-Pb zircon dates for the Neoproterozoic Ghubrah glaciation and for the top of the
Huqf Supergroup, Oman. Geology, 28, 175-178.
58. Allen, P.A. & Densmore, A.L. (2000) Sediment flux from an uplifting fault block. Basin
Research 12, 367-380.
59. Allen, P.A., J. Galewsky & H.D. Sinclair (2001) Flexural-eustatic model for drowning of
the Eocene perialpine carbonate ramp and implications for Alpine geodynamics. Bulletin
Geological Society of America, 113, 1052-1066.
60. Allen, P.A., Carter, A., Cunningham, M., Densmore, A.L., Galewsky, J., Gallagher, K.,
Lazzaretti, E., Naylor, D. &Phillips, W.E.A. (2002) The post-Variscan thermal and
denudational history of Ireland. Special Publication Geological Society of London, 196,
“Exhumation of the Atlantic Margins” (ed. by A. Doré), 371-399.
61. Leather, J., Allen, P.A., Brasier, M.D. & Cozzi, A. (2002) Neoproterozoic ‘snowball
Earth’ under scrutiny: evidence from the Fiq glaciation of Oman. Geology, 30, 891-894.
62. Densmore, A.L., Dawers, N.H., Gupta, S., Allen, P.A. & Gilpin, R. (2003) Landscape
evolution at extensional relay zones. J. Geophys. Res., 108 No. B5,
doi:10.1029/2001JB001741.
63. Li Yong, Allen, P.A. & Densmore, P.A. (2003) Geological evolution of the Longmen
Shan Foreland Basin, western Sichuan, China. Basin Research, 15, 117-139
64. Cunningham, M., Densmore, A.L., Allen, P.A., Phillips, W.E.A., Bennett, S.D.,
Gallagher, K. & Carter, A. (2003) Evidence for post-early Eocene tectonic activity in
southeastern Ireland. Geological Magazine, 140, 101-118.
65. Cozzi, A., Grotzinger, J.P. & Allen, P.A. (2004) Evolution of a Terminal Neoproterozoic
carbonate ramp system (Buah Formation, Sultanate of Oman): Effects of basement
paleotopography. Bulletin Geological Society of America, 116, 1367-1384.
66. Cozzi, A., Allen, P.A. & Grotzinger, J.P. (2004) Understanding carbonate ramp dynamics
using 13C profiles: examples from the Neoproterozoic Buah Formation of Oman. Terra
Nova, 16, 62-67.
67. Allen, P.A., Leather, J. & Brasier, M.D. (2004) The Neoproterozoic Fiq glaciation and its
aftermath, Huqf Supergroup of Oman. Basin Research, 16, 507-534, doi: 10.1111/j.13652117.2004.00249.x.
68. Allen, P.A. & Hoffman, P.F. (2005) Extreme winds and waves in the aftermath of a
Neoproterozoic glaciation. Nature, 433, 7022, 123-127.
69. Le Guerroué, E., Allen, P.A. & Cozzi, A. (2005) Two distinct glacial successions and a
phantom glacial in the Neoproterozoic of Oman. GeoArabia, 10, 17-34.
70. Allen, P.A. & Hoffman, P.F. (2005) Formation of Precambrian sediment ripples. Reply to
D.J. Jerolmack and D. Mohrig, Nature, 21 July 2005, 436, E1-E2.
71. Allen, P.A. & Leather, J. (2006) Post-Marinoan marine siliciclastic sedimentation: the
Masirah Bay Formation, Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup of Oman. Precambrian
Research, 144, 167-198.
72. Le Guerroué, E., Allen, P.A. & Cozzi, A. (2006) Chemostratigraphic and
sedimentological framework of the largest negative carbon isotopic excursion in Earth
history: The Neoproterozoic Shuram Formation (Nafun Group, Oman). Precambrian
Research, 146, 68-92.
73. Rieu, R., Allen, P.A., Cozzi, A. & Etienne, J.L. (2006) A Neoproterozoic glacially
influenced basin margin succession and ‘atypical’ cap carbonate associated with bedrock
palaeovalleys, Mirbat area, southern Oman. Basin Research, 18/4, 471-496.
74. Le Guerroué, E., Allen, P.A. & Cozzi, A. (2006) Parasequence development in the
Ediacaran Shuram Formation (Nafun Group, Oman): High resolution stratigraphic test
for primary origin of negative carbon isotopic ratios. Basin Research, 18, 205-219.
75. Le Guerroué, E., Allen, P.A., Cozzi, A., Etienne, J.L. & Fanning, M. (2006) 50 million
year duration negative carbon isotopic excursion in the Ediacaran ocean. Terra Nova, 18,
147-153.
76. Etienne, J.L., Allen, P.A., Rieu, R. & Le Guerroué, E. (2007) Neoproterozoic glaciated
basins: a critical review of the Snowball Earth hypothesis by comparison with
Phanerozoic basins. In: Hambrey, M.J., Christoffersen, P., Glasser, N.F. & Hubbard, B.
(eds) Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products. International Association of
Sedimentologists Special Publication No. 39, 343-399.
77. Rieu, R., Allen, P.A. , Cozzi, A., Kosler, J. & Bussy, F. (2007) A composite stratigraphy
for the Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup of Oman: integrating new litho-, chemo- and
chronostratigraphic data of the Mirbat area, southern Oman. Journal of the Geological
Society of London, 164, 997-1009.
78. Rieu, R., Allen, P.A., Plötze, M. & Pettke, T. (2007) Climatic cycles during a
Neoproterozoic ‘Snowball’ glacial epoch. Geology, 35/4, 299-302; doi:
10.1130/G23400A.1.
79. Densmore, A.L., Allen, P.A. & Simpson, G. (2007) Inception and development of a
coupled catchment-fan system under changing tectonic and climatic forcing. Journal of
Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, F01002, doi:10.1029/2006JF000474.
80. Densmore, A. L., S. Gupta, P. A. Allen, & N. H. Dawers (2007) Transient landscapes at
fault tips. J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S08, doi:10.1029/2006JF000560.
81. Rieu, R., Allen, P.A., Plötze, M. & Pettke, T. (2007) Compositional and mineralogical
variations in a Neoproterozoic glacially influenced succession, Mirbat area, southern
Oman: implications for palaeoweathering conditions. Precambrian Research, 154, 248-265.
82. Dühnforth, M, Densmore, A.L., Ivy-Ochs, S., Allen, P.A. & Kubik, P.W. (2007) Timing
of debris-flow deposition on Shepherd and Symmes Creek fans, Owens Valley, California,
deduced from cosmogenic 10Be. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 112, F03S15,
doi:10.1029/2006JF000562.
83. Scarselli, S., Simpson, G.D.H., Allen, P.A., Minelli, G., Hochuli, P. & Gaudenzi, L. (2007)
Evidence of Messinian age for drainage network formation and major tectonic activity in
the Marche Apennines (Italy). Terra Nova, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00717.x.
84. Allen, P.A. (2007) The Huqf Supergroup of Oman: basin development and context for
Neoproterozoic
glaciation.
Earth
Science
Reviews,
84,
139-185,
doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.06.005.
85. Allen, P.A. (2008) Time scales of tectonic landscapes and their sediment routing
systems. In: Special Publication Geological Society London, Earth’s Dynamic Surface:
Catastrophe and Continuity in Landscape Evolution (ed. by Gallagher, K., S.J. Jones and J.
Wainwright), 296, 7-28, doi: 10.1144/SP296.2.
86. Bowring, S.A., Grotzinger, J.P., Condon, D.J., Ramezani, J., Newall, M.J. & Allen, P.A.
(2007) Geochronological constraints on the chronostratigraphic framework of the
Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup, Sultanate of Oman. American Journal of Science, 307,
1097-1145.
87. Rieu, R. & Allen, P.A. (2008) Siliciclastic sedimentation in the interlude between two
Neoproterozoic glaciations, Mirbat area, southern Oman: A missing link in the Huqf
Supergroup. GeoArabia, 13/4, 45-72.
88. Dühnforth, M., Densmore, A.L., Ivy-Ochs, S. & Allen, P.A. (2008) Controls on sediment
evacuation from glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra
Nevada, California. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 1602-1613,
doi:10.1002/esp.1694.
89. Allen, P.A. & Etienne, J.L. (2008) Sedimentary challenge to Snowball Earth. Nature
Geoscience, 817-825, doi:10.1038/ngeo355.
90. Allen, P.A. (2008) From Landscapes into Geological History. International Year of
Planet Earth, Nature Supplement, 17 January 2008, 451, 274-276,
doi:10.1038/nature06586.
91. Whittaker, A.C., Attal, M. & Allen, P.A. (2010) Characterising the origin, nature and
fate of sediment exported from catchments perturbed by tectonics. Basin Research.
92. Duller, R.A., Whittaker, A.C., Fedele, J.J., Springett, J., Smithells, R. & Allen, P.A.
(2010) From grain size to tectonics Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 115,
F03022, doi:10.1029/2009JF001495.
93. Armitage, J.J. & Allen, P.A. (2010) Cratonic basins and the long-term subsidence history
of continental interiors. Journal Geological Society London, 167, 61-70.
94. Whittaker, A.C., Duller, R.A., Springett, J., Smithells, R., Whitchurch, A.L. & Allen, P.A.
(2011) Decoding downstream trends in stratigraphic grain-size as a function of tectonic
subsidence and sediment supply. Bulletin Geological Society America, 123, 1363-1382.
95. A.L. Whitchurch, A. Carter, H.D. Sinclair, R.A. Duller, A.C. Whittaker, and P.A. Allen
(2011) Sediment routing system evolution within a diachronously uplifting orogen:
insights from detrital zircon thermochronological analyses from the south-central
Pyrenees. American Journal of Science, 311, doi:10.2475/04.2011.00.
96. Armitage, J.J., Duller, R.A., Whittaker, A.C. & Allen, P.A. (2011) Transformation of
tectonic and climatic signals from source to stratigraphy. Nature Geoscience, 4, 231-235.
97. Parsons, A., Whittaker, A.C., Duller, R., Michael, N. & Allen, P.A. (2012) Late orogenic
tectonic and erosional history revealed from the dispersal of fluvial gravels, south-central
Pyrenees, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 169, 111-114, doi:10.1144/001676492011-087.
98. Duller, R.A., Whittaker, A.C., Swinehart, J.B., Armitage, J.J., Sinclair, H.D., Bair, A.R., &
Allen, P.A. (2012) Abrupt landscape change post 6 Ma on the central Great Plains, USA.
Geology, 40, 871-874.
99. Armitage, J.J., Duller, R.A., Dunkley Jones, T., Whittaker, A.C. & Allen, P.A. (2013)
Temporal buffering of climate-driven sediment flux cycles by transient catchment
response. Earth & Planetary Science Letters.
100. Allen, P.A. and others (2013) The Qs problem: mass balances of Alpine foreland basin
systems. In: Alpine Sedimentology, Special Issue in Sedimentology in honour of Albert
Matter and Daniel Bernoulli, International Association of Sedimentologists,
Sedimentology, 60, 102-130, doi: 10.1111/sed.12015.
101. Armitage, J.J., Jaupart, C., Fourel, L. & Allen, P.A. (2013) The instability of continental
passive margins and its effect on continental topography and heat flow. Journal of
Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 118, doi: 10.1002/grb.50097.
102. Allen, P.A., Eriksson, P.G., Alkmim, F.F., Betts, P.G., Catuneanu, O., Meng, Q.,
Mazumder, R. & Young, G.M. (accepted subject to minor revision) Classification of
basins, with special reference to Proterozoic examples. In: Precambrian Basins of India:
Stratigraphic and Tectonic Context, edited by R. Mazumder and P.G. Eriksson, Special
Publication Geological Society London.
103. Michael, N.A., Whittaker, A.C. & Allen, P.A. (in press) The functioning of sediment
routing systems using a mass balance approach: Example from the Eocene of the
southern Pyrenees. Journal of Geology.
104. Michael, N.A., Whittaker, A.C., Carter, A. & Allen, P.A. (in review) Volumetric budget
and grain-size fractionation of a geological sediment routing system: Eocene Escanilla
Formation, South Central Pyrenees. Bulletin Geological Society of America.
105. Michael, N.A., Carter, A., Whittaker, A.C. & Allen, P.A. (submitted 16-7-2013) Erosion
rates in the source region of an ancient sediment routing system: Comparison of
depositional volumes with thermochronometric estimates. Submitted to Geology.
Non-peer reviewed publications
106. Allen, P.A. (2005) Striking a Chord. Concepts Essay, Nature, 434, 21 April 2005, p961.
107. Allen, P.A. (2005) Volte-face in the Punjab. Nature, News and Views, 438, 15 December
2005, 925-926.
108. Allen, P.A. (2006) Snowball Earth on Trial. EOS, 87/45 (7 November 2006), p.495.
109. Allen, P.A. (2006) Snowball Summit on Mountain of Truth. Geoscientist, 16/12
(December 2006), 14-19.
110. Allen, P.A. (2007) Sediment en route to oblivion. Nature, News and Views, 450, 22
November 2007, 490-491.
111. Allen, P.A. (2011) Surface impact of mantle processes. News and Views, Nature
Geoscience, 4, August 2011.
112. Allen,
P.A.
(2011)
Dynamic
topography,
Geoscientist
on-line,
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/geoscientist/pid/10670;jsessionid=A3C43BAF096CC71
6F6603B6580EC2FB5.
113. Allen, P.A. (2011) Geodynamics: Surface impact of mantle processes, News & Views,
Nature Geoscience, 4, 498-499, doi:10.1038/nheo1216.
Thesis
114. Allen, P.A. (1979) Sedimentological Aspects of the Devonian Strata of S.E. Shetland.
Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Cambridge.