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Sharon Allen

Dr Sharon Allen

Sharon Allen

University Associate

Room 462 , Geology-Geography Building

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Sharon.Allen@utas.edu.au

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Fields of Research

Volcanology (370512)
Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis) (370510)
Sedimentology (370509)
Igneous and metamorphic petrology (370503)
Resource geoscience (370508)
Geochemistry (370399)
Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering (401299)
Geology (370599)

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences (280107)
Copper ore exploration (250302)
Geological hazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity) (190403)
Other mineral resources (excl. energy resources) (259999)
Natural hazards (190499)
Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies (280119)
Precious (noble) metal ore exploration (250305)
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean) (180506)

Publications

Total publications

Highlighted publications

(5 outputs)

Year	Type	Citation
2003	Journal Article	Allen SR, Simpson C, McPhie J, Daly SJ, 'Stratigraphy, distribution and geochemistry of widespread felsic volcanic units in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50, (1) pp. 97-112. ISSN 0812-0099 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00980.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 57Web of Science - 55 Co-authors: Simpson C; McPhie J Tweet
2002	Journal Article	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'The Eucarro Rhyolite, Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia: A > 675 km³, compositionally zoned lava of Mesoproterozoic age', Bulletin of Geological Society of America, 114, (12) pp. 1592-1609. ISSN 0016-7606 (2002) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1592:TERGRV>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 42Web of Science - 44 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2001	Journal Article	Allen SR, 'Transport of pyroclastic flows across the sea during the explosive, rhyolitic eruption of the Kos Plateau Tuff, Greece', Bulletin of Volcanology, 62 pp. 441-456. ISSN 0258-8900 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s004450000107 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 50Web of Science - 47 Tweet
2001	Journal Article	Allen SR, 'Reconstruction of a major caldera-forming eruption from pyroclastic deposit characteristics: Kos Plateau Tuff, Eastern Aegean Sea', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 105 pp. 141-162. ISSN 0377-0273 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00222-5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 90Web of Science - 86 Tweet
2000	Journal Article	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Water-settling and resedimentation of submarine rhyolitic pumice at Yali, eastern Aegean, Greece', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 95, (1-4) pp. 285-307. ISSN 0377-0273 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00127-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 71Web of Science - 65 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet

Journal Article

(30 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2021	Kutterolf S, Freundt A, Druitt TH, McPhie J, Nomikou P, et al., 'The medial offshore record of explosive volcanism along the central to eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc, part 2: Tephra ages and volumes, eruption magnitudes and marine sedimentation rate variations', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Article e2021GC010011. ISSN 1525-2027 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2021GC010011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2021	Kutterolf S, Freundt A, Hansteen TH, Dettbarn R, Hampel F, et al., 'The medial offshore record of explosive volcanism along the central to eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc, part 1: Tephrostratigraphic correlations', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Article e2021GC010010. ISSN 1525-2027 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2021GC010010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2019	Bachmann O, Allen SR, Bouvet de Maisonneuve C, 'The Kos-Nisyros-Yali volcanic field', Elements, 15, (3) pp. 191-196. ISSN 1811-5209 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2138/gselements.15.3.191 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 13 Tweet
2015	Jutzeler M, McPhie J, Allen SR, 'Explosive destruction of a Pliocene hot lava dome underwater: Dogashima (Japan)', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 304 pp. 75-81. ISSN 0377-0273 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.08.009 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Jutzeler M; McPhie J Tweet
2015	Jutzeler M, McPhie J, Allen SR, Proussevitch AA, 'Grain-size distribution of volcaniclastic rocks 2: characterizing grain size and hydraulic sorting', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 301 pp. 191-203. ISSN 0377-0273 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.05.019 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Jutzeler M; McPhie J Tweet
2014	Cattell HJ, Cole JW, Oze C, Allen SR, 'Eruptive origins of a lacustrine pyroclastic succession: insights from the middle Huka Falls Formation, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand', New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 57, (3) pp. 331-343. ISSN 0028-8306 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2014.908930 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8 Tweet
2014	Fujibayashi N, Asakura K, Hattori T, Allen S, 'Pillow lava and spasmodic submarine fire fountaining in the middle Miocene marginal basin, Sado Island, Japan', Island Arc, 23, (4) pp. 344-364. ISSN 1038-4871 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/iar.12091 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 4 Tweet
2014	Jutzeler M, McPhie J, Allen SR, 'Submarine eruption-fed and resedimented pumice-rich facies: the Dogashima Formation (Izu Peninsula, Japan)', Bulletin of Volcanology, 76, (10) Article 867. ISSN 0258-8900 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00445-014-0867-x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Jutzeler M; McPhie J Tweet
2014	Jutzeler M, McPhie J, Allen SR, 'Facies architecture of a continental, below-wave-base volcaniclastic basin: the Ohanapecosh Formation, Ancestral Cascades arc (Washington, USA)', Geological Society of America Bulletin, 126, (3-4) pp. 352-376. ISSN 0016-7606 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/B30763.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Jutzeler M; McPhie J Tweet
2012	Allen SR, Freundt A, Kurokawa K, 'Characteristics of submarine pumice-rich density current deposits sourced from turbulent mixing of subaerial pyroclastic flows at the shoreline: field and experimental assessment', Bulletin of Volcanology, 74, (3) pp. 657-675. ISSN 0258-8900 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0553-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 18 Tweet
2012	Jutzeler M, Proussevitch AA, Allen SR, 'Grain-size distribution of volcaniclastic rocks 1: a new technique based on functional stereology', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 239-240 pp. 1-11. ISSN 0377-0273 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.05.013 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 27 Co-authors: Jutzeler M Tweet
2011	McPhie J, Kamenetsky V, Allen S, Ehrig K, Agangi A, et al., 'The fluorine link between a supergiant ore deposit and a silicic large igneous province', Geology (Boulder), 39, (11) pp. 1003-1006. ISSN 0091-7613 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/G32205.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 73Web of Science - 68 Co-authors: McPhie J; Kamenetsky V; Agangi A; Bath A Tweet
2010	Allen SR, Fiske RS, Tamura Y, 'Effects of water depth on pumice formation in submarine domes at Sumisu, Izu-Bonin arc, western Pacific', Geology, 38, (5) pp. 391-394. ISSN 0091-7613 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/G30500.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 34 Tweet
2009	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Products of neptunian eruptions', Geology, 37, (7) pp. 639-642. ISSN 0091-7613 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/G30007A.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 53Web of Science - 52 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2009	Allen SR, Vougiokalakis GE, Schnyder C, Bachmann O, Dalabakis P, 'Comments on: On magma fragmentation by conduit shear stress: Evidence from the Kos Plateau Tuff, Aegean Volcanic Arc, by Palladino, Simei and Kyriakopoulos (JVGR (2008) 178, 807-817)', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: An International Journal on The Geophysical, Geochemical, Petrological and Economic Aspects of Geothermal and Volcanological Research, 184, (3-4) pp. 487-490. ISSN 0377-0273 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.014 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2008	Allen SR, Fiske RS, Cashman KV, 'Quenching of steam-charged pumice: Implications for submarine pyroclastic volcanism', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, (1-2) pp. 40-49. ISSN 0012-821X (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.050 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 44Web of Science - 42 Tweet
2008	Allen SR, McPhie J, Ferris G, Simpson C, 'Evolution and architecture of a large felsic Igneous Province in western Laurentia: The 1.6 Ga Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 172, (1-2) pp. 132-147. ISSN 0377-0273 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.09.027 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 99Web of Science - 98 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2008	McPhie J, Della-Pasqua FN, Allen SR, Lackie MA, 'Extreme effusive eruptions: Palaeoflow data on an extensive felsic lava in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 172, (40210) pp. 148-161. ISSN 0377-0273 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.11.011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: McPhie J; Della-Pasqua FN Tweet
2007	Allen SR, Hayward BW, Mathews E, 'A facies model for a submarine volcaniclastic apron: The Miocene Manukau Subgroup, New Zealand', Geological Society of America Bulletin, 119, (5-6) pp. 725-742. ISSN 0016-7606 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/B26066.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 36Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Mathews E Tweet
2006	Allen SR, Freundt A, 'Resedimentation of cold pumiceous ignimbrite into water: facies transformations simulated in flume experiments', Sedimentology, 53, (4) pp. 717-734. ISSN 0037-0746 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00790.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 14 Tweet
2004	Allen SR, 'The Parnell Grit beds revisited: are they all the products of sector collapse of western subaerial volcanoes of the Northland Volcanic Arc?', New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 47, (3) pp. 509-524. ISSN 0028-8306 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515073 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9 Tweet
2004	Allen SR, 'Complex spatter- and pumice-rich pyroclastic deposits from an andesitic caldera-forming eruption: The Siwi pyroclastic sequence, Tanna, Vanuatu', Bulletin of Volcanology, 67, (1) pp. 27-41. ISSN 0258-8900 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00445-004-0358-6 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 41Web of Science - 29 Tweet
2003	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Phenocryst fragments in rhyolitic lavas and lava domes', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 126, (3-4) pp. 263-283. ISSN 0377-0273 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00151-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 40Web of Science - 35 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2003	Allen SR, Simpson C, McPhie J, Daly SJ, 'Stratigraphy, distribution and geochemistry of widespread felsic volcanic units in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50, (1) pp. 97-112. ISSN 0812-0099 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00980.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 57Web of Science - 55 Co-authors: Simpson C; McPhie J Tweet
2002	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'The Eucarro Rhyolite, Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia: A > 675 km³, compositionally zoned lava of Mesoproterozoic age', Bulletin of Geological Society of America, 114, (12) pp. 1592-1609. ISSN 0016-7606 (2002) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1592:TERGRV>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 42Web of Science - 44 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2001	Allen SR, 'Transport of pyroclastic flows across the sea during the explosive, rhyolitic eruption of the Kos Plateau Tuff, Greece', Bulletin of Volcanology, 62 pp. 441-456. ISSN 0258-8900 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s004450000107 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 50Web of Science - 47 Tweet
2001	Allen SR, 'Reconstruction of a major caldera-forming eruption from pyroclastic deposit characteristics: Kos Plateau Tuff, Eastern Aegean Sea', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research , 105 pp. 141-162. ISSN 0377-0273 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00222-5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 90Web of Science - 86 Tweet
2001	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Syn-eruptive chaotic breccia on Kos, Greece, associated with an energetic pyroclastic flow', Bulletin of Volcanology, 63, (6) pp. 421-432. ISSN 0258-8900 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s004450100162 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2000	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Water-settling and resedimentation of submarine rhyolitic pumice at Yali, eastern Aegean, Greece', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 95, (1-4) pp. 285-307. ISSN 0377-0273 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00127-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 71Web of Science - 65 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet
2000	Roache MW, Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Surface and subsurface facies architecture of a small hydroexplosive, rhyolitic centre in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics, South Australia', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 104, (1-4) pp. 237-259. ISSN 0377-0273 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00208-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 683Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: McPhie J Tweet

Chapter in Book

(1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2003	Allen SR, Stewart AL, 'Products of Explosive Subaqueous Felsic Eruptions Based on Examples From the Hellenic Island Arc, Greece', Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, American Geophysical Union, JDL White, JL Smellie, DA Clague (ed), Washington, USA, pp. 285-298. ISBN 0-87590-999-X (2003) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Stewart AL

Year

Citation

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2003

Allen SR, Stewart AL, 'Products of Explosive Subaqueous Felsic Eruptions Based on Examples From the Hellenic Island Arc, Greece', Explosive Subaqueous Volcanism, American Geophysical Union, JDL White, JL Smellie, DA Clague (ed), Washington, USA, pp. 285-298. ISBN 0-87590-999-X (2003) [Research Book Chapter]

[eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Stewart AL

Conference Publication

(2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2000	Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Water settling and resedimentation of submarine rhyolitic pumice at Yali, Greece', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 59, July 2000, Sydney, pp. 303118. ISSN 0729-011X (2000) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: McPhie J
2000	McPhie J, Allen SR, Simpson C, 'Extensive felsic lavas in intraplate volcanic provinces', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 59, July 2000, Sydney, pp. 303. ISSN 0729-011X (2000) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: McPhie J

Year

Citation

Altmetrics

2000

Allen SR, McPhie J, 'Water settling and resedimentation of submarine rhyolitic pumice at Yali, Greece', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 59, July 2000, Sydney, pp. 303118. ISSN 0729-011X (2000) [Conference Extract]

[eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: McPhie J

2000

McPhie J, Allen SR, Simpson C, 'Extensive felsic lavas in intraplate volcanic provinces', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 59, July 2000, Sydney, pp. 303. ISSN 0729-011X (2000) [Conference Extract]

[eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: McPhie J

Grants & Funding

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$664,968

Projects

May 2011: IUGG 2011 General Assembly (2011)$1,202

Funding: University of Tasmania ($1,202)
Scheme: Grant-Conference Support Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Allen SR
Year: 2011

Submarine Explosive Eruptions of Silicic Magma: Constraints on Products and Processes from Modern Sea-floor Examples, Ancient Successions and Experiments (2004 - 2008)$460,000

Funding: Australian Research Council ($460,000)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Allen SR
Period: 2004 - 2008
Grant Reference: DP0449756

Flood Lavas - How do Hundreds of Cubic Kilometres of High-Silica Magma Originate? (2004)$12,000

Funding: University of Tasmania ($12,000)
Scheme: Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Allen SR; Harris AC
Year: 2004

A Volcanological Study on Voluminous Submarine Pumiceous Mass-flow Deposits: Characteristics and Implications (2003)$0

Funding: Australian Academy of Science ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Scientific Visit to Japan
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Allen SR
Year: 2003

Experimental Simulations and Textural Analysis of Submarine Volcaniclastic Mass Flow Deposits that Result from Large-scale Eruption and Failure Events (2001 - 2003)$179,766

Funding: Australian Research Council ($179,766)
Scheme: Fellowship-Postdoctoral
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Allen SR
Period: 2001 - 2003
Grant Reference: F00106125

Plagioclase Ultra-phyric Basalts: Volcanic Precursors to Catastrophic Caldera Eruptions (2001)$12,000

Funding: University of Tasmania ($12,000)
Scheme: Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Crawford AJ; Della-Pasqua FN; Allen SR
Year: 2001

Research Supervision

Completed

Degree	Title	Completed
PhD	Understanding of Basaltic Eruption Dynamics and Mechanisms: Effusive and Explosive Eruptions in Hawaii Candidate: Samuel James Holt	2019
PhD	Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology of Mafic Lithologies at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag Deposit: Implications for tectonic settings and ore-forming processes Candidate: Qiuyue Huang	2016
PhD	Characteristics and Origin of Subaqueous Pumice-rich Pyroclastic Facies: Ohanapecosh Formation (USA) and Dogashima Formation (Japan) Candidate: Martin Jutzeler	2012
PhD	Magmatic and Volcanic Evolution of a Silicic Large Igneous Province (SLIP): The Gawler Range Volcanics and Hiltaba Suite, South Australia Candidate: Andrea Agangi	2011