Joe Allen
@cu-in-the-field.bsky.social
Structural geology, field work, undergraduate research from the Appalachians, Colorado Rockies, Greenland, and beyond | earthquakes, faults, fractures, rocks | professor in WV | fan of NSF STEM Edu |
Sublime weather for an outdoor poster session! Enjoying the #NNCI REU Convocation at UC San Diego for undergrads finishing their summer research. 🧪
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sublime weather for an outdoor poster session! Enjoying the #NNCI REU Convocation at UC San Diego for undergrads finishing their summer research. 🧪
Wet moose disguised as an outcrop.
July 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wet moose disguised as an outcrop.
Scenes fromTEM lab work at Virginia Tech #NanoEarth with a #ConcordU undergrad student last week. 🧪
May 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Scenes fromTEM lab work at Virginia Tech #NanoEarth with a #ConcordU undergrad student last week. 🧪
Well so much for that outcrop. Get thee gone geologists. ⚒️
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Well so much for that outcrop. Get thee gone geologists. ⚒️
Some microprobe time for mineralogy class. First use of newly upgraded Concord U probe with all digital SEM controls.
April 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Some microprobe time for mineralogy class. First use of newly upgraded Concord U probe with all digital SEM controls.
Ironically, this old kids homework emerged at the top of the scrap paper stack today.
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Ironically, this old kids homework emerged at the top of the scrap paper stack today.
Here's the broadening participation website as of 1/30/2025.
February 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's the broadening participation website as of 1/30/2025.
Also, "Broadening Participation" has been removed as one of the three NSF priorities on the front-facing website. Old vs. New screenshots.
February 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Also, "Broadening Participation" has been removed as one of the three NSF priorities on the front-facing website. Old vs. New screenshots.
Dog town. Sisimiut Greenland.
July 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Dog town. Sisimiut Greenland.
Hyperspectral imaging and other field work at the edge of the 🇬🇱ice sheet today with Arctic REU ⚒️🧪
June 30, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Hyperspectral imaging and other field work at the edge of the 🇬🇱ice sheet today with Arctic REU ⚒️🧪
Time to make the most of a 2 day weather delay…. Stuffed Musk ox for scale.
June 29, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Time to make the most of a 2 day weather delay…. Stuffed Musk ox for scale.
Arctic REU faculty recon trip to the GL ice sheet to plan student projects.
June 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Arctic REU faculty recon trip to the GL ice sheet to plan student projects.
Arctic REU on the way to our field sites for 2024. Mud, lakes, ice, rocks on the agenda. 🪨⚒️🇬🇱🧪
June 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Arctic REU on the way to our field sites for 2024. Mud, lakes, ice, rocks on the agenda. 🪨⚒️🇬🇱🧪
Arctic REU underway with 8 students with a campus intro in WV and some swimming under our local waterfall.
June 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Arctic REU underway with 8 students with a campus intro in WV and some swimming under our local waterfall.
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Here it is nearby in Beckley WV on the Earthscope station monitor data. www.iris.edu/app/station_...
Here it is nearby in Beckley WV on the Earthscope station monitor data. www.iris.edu/app/station_...
April 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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Here it is nearby in Beckley WV on the Earthscope station monitor data. www.iris.edu/app/station_...
Here it is nearby in Beckley WV on the Earthscope station monitor data. www.iris.edu/app/station_...
Here's the NJ earthquake I believe on our Raspberry Shake in southern WV.
April 5, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Here's the NJ earthquake I believe on our Raspberry Shake in southern WV.
Class GPR session. The rubberized running track on left side of Radargram set up a long reverberation - maybe contact between new rubber surface and old tarmac? Ringing on right is metal support structure below artificial turf I believe.
March 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Class GPR session. The rubberized running track on left side of Radargram set up a long reverberation - maybe contact between new rubber surface and old tarmac? Ringing on right is metal support structure below artificial turf I believe.
US undergrad geology students: Summer 2024 Arctic REU Greenland applications open through 2/12/2024. Projects: Ice-margin glaciology, lake coring, climate change, geomicrobiology of glacial lakes, structural geology, Precambrian bedrock mapping. #NSFfunded #undergradresearch arcticreu.earth 🧪⚒️🌍
December 18, 2023 at 3:26 PM
US undergrad geology students: Summer 2024 Arctic REU Greenland applications open through 2/12/2024. Projects: Ice-margin glaciology, lake coring, climate change, geomicrobiology of glacial lakes, structural geology, Precambrian bedrock mapping. #NSFfunded #undergradresearch arcticreu.earth 🧪⚒️🌍
