Dr. Marsha K Allen
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College Fall 2022
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Degrees: -Bachelor’s degree in Geology minor Economics from Mount Holyoke College
- Master’s degree in Earth Environmental and Sciences from Brooklyn College with a
focus on Cosmogeology.
- PhD Hydrogeology at UMass Amherst
Areas of Interest: Hydrogeology - • Assessment of flow paths and groundwater storage processes in an island fractured rock aquifer system using the stable isotopes of water (H2O) and strontium (Sr), and environmental tracers’ tritium (3H) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
Identifiers: Caribbean
Mentorship Status: No thank you
Publications and/or Presentations: • Assessment of flow paths and groundwater storage processes in an island fractured rock aquifer system using the stable isotopes of water (H2O) and strontium (Sr), and environmental tracers’ tritium (3H) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). Apr 1, 2021 EGU General Assembly
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EUGU21-12262.html
• Groundwater recharge to a structurally complex aquifer system on the island of Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) Dec 7, 2020 Hydrogeology Journal
• THE ROLE OF FRACTURE PERMEABILITY AND STORAGE IN A CRYSTALLINE ROCK ISLAND AQUIFER. Oct 26, 2020 publication description The Geological Society of America Annual Conference.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020AM/webprogram/Paper354715.html
• Groundwater storage assessment and flow path identification in a large-scale bedrock aquifer system. Oct 1, 2019 International Association of Hydrogeologist Conference, Malaga Spain
• Talking the talk AND walking the walk: UMass Geosciences' community-based efforts to increase diversity and inclusivity through improved department climate. Dec 1, 2018 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFMED13C0758M/abstract
• ANALYSIS OF THE CHELYABINSK METEORITE CONSTRAINING THE GEOLOGIC AND DYNAMICAL HISTORY OF THE PARENT BODY OF THE CHELYABINSK METEORITE. Mar 21, 2016 The Geological Society of America
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016NE/webprogram/Paper272309.html
• Analysis of an Atypical Type A Refractory Inclusion from the Allende Meteorite.
Mar 1, 2010 NASA Lunar and Planetary Conference
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1963.pdf
• Use of environmental tracers (tritium3H and SF6) to improve knowledge of aquifer storage capacity, residence time and sustainability in the crystalline rock island aquifer of Tobago, West Indies
Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)
