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American geologist (1925–2021)
Clarence Roderic Allen (February 15, 1925 – January 21, 2021) was an American
geologist who studied
seismology.
Career
He was a graduate of
Reed College (B.A., 1949) and the
California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1951; Ph.D., 1954).
[1]
Allen was President of the
Seismological Society of America in 1975
[2] and the
Geological Society of America. He was a member of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the
American Geophysical Union, and the
Geological Society of America. He was elected a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975.
[3] Allen was a member of the
National Academy of Sciences and the
National Academy of Engineering since 1976.
[4]
Allen received the first
G.K. Gilbert Award in Seismic Geology and in 1995 he received the Medal of the Seismological Society of America.
[5]
He was a member of the faculty of the
California Institute of Technology since 1955.
[6] He became a Professor Emeritus there in 1990.
[1]
Allan died on January 21, 2021, at the age of 95.
[7]
Publications
- "Geology of Earthquakes" with
Robert S. Yeats and
Kerry E. Sieh. Oxford University Press (1997)
ISBN
0-19-507827-6
- "Comparative study of the neotectonics of the Xianshuihe fault, China" (1987)
- "Continuation of creep and strain studies in southern California" (1984)
- "Creep and strain studies in southern California: Final technical report" (1986)
- "Seismicity of the Southern California Region, 1 January 1932 to 31 December 1972" with
John M. Nordquist and
James A. Hileman (1973)
- "Active faulting in northern Turkey" (1969)
- "Agua Blanca fault: A major transverse structure of northern Baja California, Mexico" (1960)
References
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"Clarence R. Allen - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences". Archived from
the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
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"Presidents of the Society". Seismological Society of America. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
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"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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Major Award Decisionmaking at the National Science Foundation. 1994.
doi:
10.17226/2268.
ISBN
978-0-309-05029-6.
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^ Aller, Jay (June 29, 1995).
"Caltech Press Release, 6/29/1995, Clarence Allen, Charles Richter, George Housner, Hiroo Kanamori".
Caltech media relations. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
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^ Who's Who in America" 1986–1987 (Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who, 1986) Vol. 1, p. 41
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Clarence Allen, 1925–2021
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