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James Allen, MS, PG Geology Email: james.allen@csueastbay.edu |
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Research Interests: Late Tertiary Geology of the San Francisco North Bay & Working with Undergrads to Get The Show On The Road!
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List of Current Projects
Landslide Mapping of the Glen Ellen, Sears Point, Santa Rosa, Petaluma River and Cotati 7.5-Minute Quadrangle of the Sonoma Mountain area
Long-Term Displacement Along Strike-Slip Faults of the San Andreas Fault System in the Eastern and Northern San Francisco Bay Area
X-Ray Machine Up and Running! Hooray! ZAP!
Volcanics of the San Francisco North Bay with James Wilen Jr., BACE Geotechnical (pdf)
AEG Field Trip Guidebook by James Allen (pdf)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.S. Geology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, August, 1999
M.S. Geology, California State University, San José, California, May, 2003
Teaching Experience
San Francisco State University: Fall 2006-Spring 2007
San Jose State University: Spring 2007
Registration
Professional Geologist, California. License # 8335
Association
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Association of Engineering Geologists
Northern California Geological Society
Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists Member #15819
Certification
Confined Space Training/Certification 1467CS-8CCR154-1
Hazardous Material Certified: HAZWOPER #53076
Refinery Certification, Bay Area Training Corp., #165801
Nuclear Gauge Certified
Employment History
PES Environmental 1997-1999; Dames & Moore 1999; United States Geological Survey 2000-2003; California Geological Survey 2001; LSA Associates, Inc. 2000-2003; Kleinfelder Ass. 2003-2005; Ninyo & Moore 2005; Geomatrix 2006Publications
Van Landingham,
S. and Allen, J.R.
2007 Late Miocene- - Pliocene Diatomites of the Petaluma Formation, Ssonoma
County, California, Geological
Society of America, Annual Meeting, Paper Number 235-13.
Allen, J.R. and Holland, P.J.
2007 COMPOSITION, AGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF THE GLEN ELLEN, HUICHICA AND
PETALUMA FORMATIONS, SONOMA AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, Geological Society
of America, Annual Meeting, Paper Number 55-24.
Peterson, D. E., and Allen, J.R.
2005 TRANSITIONAL MARINE, OLIGOHALINE, LIMNIC OSTRACODE
ASSEMBLAGES OF THE LOWER PETALUMA FORMATION, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Geological
Society of America, Cordilleran Section, 101st Annual Meeting, Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4, Paper No. 25-11.
Allen, J.R. and Repenning, C.A.,
2005 LITHOLOGY AND VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF THE PETALUMA
FORMATION, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran
Section, 101st Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4, Paper
No. 25-12.
Starratt, S.W., Allen, J.R., Powell, C.L. II, Peterson, D.E.,
RUCK, E., and SARNA-Wojcicki, A.M.
2005 NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE NEOGENE
TRANSITION FROM MARINE TO NON-MARINE CONDITIONS IN MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTIES,
CALIFORNIA, USA, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, 101st Annual
Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4, Paper No. 25-10.
Holland, P.H. and Allen, J.R.
2005 EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE LATE QUATERNARY DISPLACEMENT ALONG THE CHUPINES FAULT,
MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section,
101st Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4, Paper No. 41-9.
Powell, II, C.L., Allen, J.R., and Holland, P.H.
2004 Invertebrate Paleontology of the Wilson Grove Formation (Late Miocene to
Late Pliocene), Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, with some Observations
on its Stratigraphy, Thickness, and Structure: U.S. Geological Survey Open File
Report 2004-1017, 105 p., 2 plates.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1017/
Snyder, N.P., Allen, J.R., Dare, C., Hampton, M.A., Schneider,
G., Wooley, R.J., Alpers, C.N., Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C.
2004 Sediment grain-size and loss-on-ignition analyses from 2002 Englebright
Lake
coring and sampling campaigns: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2004
1080, 46 p.
Allen, James R.
2003 Stratigraphy and Tectonics of Neogene Strata, Northern San Francisco Bay
Area, [Master Thesis], San Jose State University, 190 p., 4 plates.
Wagner, D.L., Randolph, C.E., Bezore, S. P., Witter, R.C. and
Allen, J.R.
2003 Geologic Map of the Sears Point 7.5’ Quadrangle, Sonoma, Solano, and Napa
Counties: A Digital Database. California Geological Survey, Version 1.0. ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dmg/rgmp/Prelim_geo_pdf/sears_layout_highres.pdf
Wagner, D.L., Randolph, C.E., Bezore, S. P., Witter, R.C. and
Allen, J.R.
2003 Geologic Map of the Petaluma River 7.5’ Quadrangle, Sonoma and Marin
Counties, California: A Digital Database. California Geological Survey, Version
1.0.(ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dmg/rgmp/Prelim_geo_pdf/petaluma_river_layout_highres.pdf).
McLaughlin, R.L., Sarna-Wojcicki, A.M., Fleck, R.J., Wagner,
D.L., Jachens, 2003 R.C., Levin, R.G., Roberts, C.W., Valin, Z.C., Powell, C.L.
II, and Allen,
J.R. Framework of the Right-Stepped Rodgers Creek – Maacama Fault System, Northern
San Francisco Bay Region, California in: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran
Section, Abstracts with Programs, no. 25-61.
Wilen, J. E., Lancaster, J., Allen, J.R. and Davies, R.I.
2002 Temporal Significance of Volcanic Ash, Petrified Wood, and Uplifted Fluvial
Terrace deposits in the Chileno and San Antonio Creek Drainages, Marin County,
California: in Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, no. 58-5.
Allen, James R., and Powell II, C.L.
2001 Invertebrate Fossils of the Wilson Grove Formation (Late Miocene – Late
Pliocene), Sonoma County, Northern California: in Paleobios. Vol. 21, supp.
to no. 2, p. 105.
Allen, James R.
2000 Paleontological Resources Assessment, Phase II United Golden Gate Power
Project, San Francisco International Airport, San Mateo County, California.
Allen, James R., Holland, Peter J., and Yip, Grant Y.
2000 Geology and Significance of the Contact Between the Marine Wilson Grove
Formation and the Non-Marine Cotati Member of the Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma
County, California in: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Abstracts
with Programs, Vol. 32, n. 6, p. A-1.
Allen, James R., and Holland, Peter J.
1999 Description and Interpretation of the pebbly sandstone facies of the Wilson
Grove Formation, Marin County, California: A possible sediment source for the
Delgada Fan during late Miocene – early Pliocene time, Geological Society of
America, Cordilleran Section: Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, n. 6, p. A-33.
Allen, James R., Barnes, Larry G., and Holland, Peter J.
1998 A small species of fossil Mysticete whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) from
the
late Miocene – early Pliocene Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma County, California,
in Paleobios. P. 1.
Holland, Peter J., and Allen, James R.
1998 Description and interpretation of the late Miocene – early Pliocene Wilson
Grove Formation at Steinbeck Ranch, Sonoma County, California, Geological Society
of America: Abstracts with Programs, v.30, n. 7, p. A339.
Selected publications
Geologic Map of the Sears Point 7.5-Minute Quadrangle
Geologic Map of the Petaluma River 7.5-Minute Quadrangle
Diatomite of the Petaluma Formation and Sonoma Volcanics
Invertebrate Paleontology of the Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma County, California
Lithology and Vertebrate Fossils of the Petaluma Formation, Sonoma County, California
Jimmy's Field Trips
NCGS Field Trip to the San Francisco North Bay; Leaders: Jim Allen
NCGS II Field Trip to the San Francisco North Bay; Leaders: Jim Allen
