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Sydney Allen

Rice University

Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Houston, TX

 Email: sma5@rice.edu

 

Research Interests:

Igneous petrology, high-temperature geochemistry

I am particularly interested in using altered volcanic materials such as altered ash and volcaniclastic sediments to understand their primary igneous systems.

Education:

Rice University, Department of Earth Science, Houston, TX, USA

  • 2018-2022* PhD, Geology: PhD advisor Dr. Cin-Ty Lee

*anticipated graduation date: May, 2023

Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Nashville, TN, USA

  • 2014-2018 BA Earth and Environmental Science: undergraduate advisor Dr. Guilherme Gualda

 

Work and Research Experience:

Rice University, Department of Earth Science, Houston, TX, USA

  • 2018-2022 PhD student with Dr. Cin-Ty Lee

 

Teaching Experience:

  • Teaching Assistant for EEPS 322: Earth and Planetary Chemistry and Materials (Fall 2021)
  • Teaching Assistant for EEPS 108: Natural Hazards (Spring 2022)

 

Department and Community Service:

Member of the graduate student GeoUnion board (Treasurer) fall 2020-fall 2021

Member of the graduate student GeoUnion board (Graduate Student Association Representative) fall 2021-present

Member of Rice EEPS Reach Outreach Committee

 

Awards:

Rice EEPS Student Award: Torkild Rieber Award (2021)

Rice EEPS Student Award: Alison Hening Teaching Award (2022)

Douglas and Martha Lou Broussard Fellowship (2022)

 

Practical and Analytical Proficiency:

XRF analysis, LA-ICPMS, optical mineralogy and petrography

 

Referred Publications:

Allen S, Franco A, Marsaglia K, Morgan J. Origin and Diagenetic Priming of a Potential Slow-slip Trigger Zone in Volcaniclastic Deposits Flanking a Seamount on the Subducting Plate, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. 2021. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Allen S, Lee C-T, Minisini D. Temporal variations in the composition of Cretaceous Cordilleran arc volcanism through a high-frequency record of bentonites. 2022. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 584, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117470

 

Scientific Presentations and Abstracts:

Allen SM, Gualda GAR, Gravley DM. 2018. Magma in motion: Determining vertical magma positioning in the magmatic system that fed the Ohakuri eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geological Society of America, Fall Meeting, 295: T141.

Allen SM, Lee CTA. 2019. Volcanic ash composition and resulting ash-driven nutrient flux in the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation. Gordon Research Conference: Interior of the Earth, poster session.

Allen SM, Lee CTA. 2019. Insights from volcanic ash toward understanding the volcanic-plutonic connection: short and long term geochemical processes preserved in Cretaceous Cordilleran volcanism. Geological Society of America, Fall Meeting, 198: D25.

Allen, S., Lee, C.T., and Minisini D., 2020. Compositional Evolution of Cretaceous Cordilleran Volcanism. Goldschmidt Annual Conference abstract and presentation.

Allen S, Marsaglia K, Morgan J, Franco A. 2021. Contrasting Origins and Diagenesis of Volcaniclastic Deposits along Tūranganui Knoll, a Seamount on the Subducting Plate at Hikurangi Margin: Implications for Slow Slip. American Geophysical Union 2022 Fall Meeting, T25C-0181.

Allen S, Lee C-T, Minisini D. 2021. Temporal Variations in the Composition of Cretaceous Cordilleran Arc Volcanism Through a High-Frequency Record of Bentonites. American Geophysical Union 2022 Fall Meeting, V14B-04