JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Abbey, A.L., Randolph-Flagg, N., de Villa, K.*, Kim, S., Shuster, D., (in-review), Tracing short-lived hydrothermal circulation systems and water-rock interactions around small-scale basalt intrusions.
Abbey, A.L., Wildman, M., Murray, K.E., Goddard-Stevens, A., (2023), Thermal History Modeling Techniques and Interpretation Strategies: Applications using QTQt (A companion paper). Geosphere, 19(2), 493-530.
Murray, K.E., Goddard-Stevens, A., Abbey, A.L., Wildman, M., (2022), Thermal History Modeling Techniques and Interpretation Strategies: Applications using HeFTy (A companion paper). Geosphere, 18(5), 1622-1642.
Abbey, A.L., Choi, E., Neumann, F., Ortiz-Guerrero, C., Tondi, R., (2022), Tectonophysics Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science. Earth and Space Sciences. v. 9, n. 5, doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002144
Abbey, A.L., and Niemi, N.A., 2020, Perspectives on continental rifting processes from spatiotemporal patterns of faulting and magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, USA: Tectonics, v. 39, n. 1, p. 1-31.
Abbey, A.L., and Niemi, N.A., 2018, Low-temperature thermochronometric constraints on fault initiation and growth in the northern Rio Grande rift, upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado: Geology, v. 46, n. 7, p. 627-630.
Abbey A. L., Niemi N. A., Geissman J. W., Winkelstern I. Z., Heizler M., 2017, Early Cenozoic Exhumation and Paleotopographic in the Arkansas River valley: southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado: Lithosphere, v. 10, p. 239-266.
Abbey, A.L., Wildman, M., Murray, K.E., Goddard-Stevens, A., (2023), Thermal History Modeling Techniques and Interpretation Strategies: Applications using QTQt (A companion paper). Geosphere, 19(2), 493-530.
Murray, K.E., Goddard-Stevens, A., Abbey, A.L., Wildman, M., (2022), Thermal History Modeling Techniques and Interpretation Strategies: Applications using HeFTy (A companion paper). Geosphere, 18(5), 1622-1642.
Abbey, A.L., Choi, E., Neumann, F., Ortiz-Guerrero, C., Tondi, R., (2022), Tectonophysics Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science. Earth and Space Sciences. v. 9, n. 5, doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002144
Abbey, A.L., and Niemi, N.A., 2020, Perspectives on continental rifting processes from spatiotemporal patterns of faulting and magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, USA: Tectonics, v. 39, n. 1, p. 1-31.
Abbey, A.L., and Niemi, N.A., 2018, Low-temperature thermochronometric constraints on fault initiation and growth in the northern Rio Grande rift, upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado: Geology, v. 46, n. 7, p. 627-630.
Abbey A. L., Niemi N. A., Geissman J. W., Winkelstern I. Z., Heizler M., 2017, Early Cenozoic Exhumation and Paleotopographic in the Arkansas River valley: southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado: Lithosphere, v. 10, p. 239-266.
PEER REVIEWED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Abbey, A.L., Phillips, M., and Zeng, L., 2021, Identifying Plate Boundaries: An Inquiry Lab, in Guided Inquiry Introductory Geology Labs. https://serc.carleton.edu/inquiry_intro_geo/activities/244901.html?
WHITE PAPERS
Ketcham, R.A., Tremblay, M., Abbey, A.L., Baughman, J., Cooperdock, E., Jepson, G., Murray, K.E., Odlum, M., Stanley, J., Thurston, O., (2022). Report from the 17th International Conference on Thermochronology. Earth and Space Science Open Archive. Doi: 10.1002/essoar.10511082.1
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (*denotes student)
Abbey, A.L., Shuster, D.L., Granger, D.E., (2023) Fault initiation, exhumation, and propagation documented by low-temperature thermochronology in the Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina. Thermo2021, Rates and Timing of Earth System Processes (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Tye, A.R., (2023) Deconvolving river evolution driven by rift development using stratigraphic analysis, detrital zircon U-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology, and low-temperature thermochronology GRC Geochronology, Landscape Evolution (poster presentation).
Ancayan, J.**, Abbey, A.L., (2023) Using Student Focused Design to Develop an Undergraduate Earth Science Course EER Annual Meeting, (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Dozier, S., Gutierrez, J., (2023) Unearthing Students’ 21st Century Skills in a Geology Field course. EER Annual Meeting, (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Granger, D.E., Shuster, D.L., (2022) Combining Low-temperature Thermochronology and Cosmogenic Radionuclide Dating to Document Fault Initiation and Exhumation in the Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T36-174-3 (poster presentation).
Senesac, C.*, Abbey, A.L., Tye, A., (2022) Understanding Relationships between the Arkansas River and Rift Related Faulting in southern Colorado. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T21-208-7 (poster presentation).
Westby, D.*, Abbey, A.L., Cooper, S.*, (2022) Thermochronology Lab Techniques: Standardization Towards Equitable Outcomes. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T1-163-6 (poster presentation).
Schulman, R.*, Loughney, K., Abbey, A.L., (2022) Provenance and Stratigraphic Analysis of the Stewart Valley, NV. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T86-102-16 (poster presentation).
Cooper, S.*, Abbey, A.L., (2022) Quaternary fault analysis in the Stewart Valley, NV. GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain annual section meeting. Abstract 9-9 (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Niemi N., (2022) Development of the Rio Grande rift system from assessment of spatiotemporal patterns in faulting and magmatism. GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain annual section meeting. Abstract 43-1 (invited talk).
Che, Y.*, Abbey, A.L., Shuster D., Balco, G., Stock, G., Cuffey, K., (2021) Understanding Glacier Thinning and Retreat During the Last Glacial Maximum in Yosemite to Predict Contemporary Deglaciation. AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract PP25E-0983 (poster presentation).
Che, Y.*, Abbey, A.L., Shuster D., Balco, G., Stock, G., Cuffey, K., (2021) Understanding Glacier Thinning and Retreat During the Last Glacial Maximum in Yosemite to Predict Contemporary Deglaciation. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T131-79-5 (oral presentation).
Abbey A. L., Murray, K.E., Stevens-Goddard A., Wildman M., (2021) Navigating the modelling puzzle: Using forward and inverse models to make clear decisions when exploring and interpreting cooling ages in both HeFTy and QTQt. Thermo2021, Frontiers in data handling, Statistics, Interpretation Methods, and Modeling (lightning talk/poster).
Murray, K. E., Stevens-Goddard, A. L., Abbey, A. L., Wildman, M., (2020) Six Forward and Inverse Models in HeFTy Everyone Should Perform Before Interpreting Real Cooling Ages. AGU, Fall Meeting, Abstract V042 (elightning presentation).
Abbey A., Wildman M., Stevens-Goddard A., Murray, K.E., (2020) Escaping the infinite modelling maze: useful decision pathways to follow when exploring and interpreting thermal history models using QTQt AGU, Fall Meeting, Abstract V042 (elightning presentation).
Abbey A., Randolph-Flagg N., Shuster D., (2019) Isotopic constraints on fluid-rock interactions associated with the Little Devils Postpile magmatic intrusion, Yosemite National Park, CA, AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract V13A-05 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Cheng H., Ul-Hasan S., Zarate D., Mena J., Miles M., (2019) The Biota Project: A Grassroots Approach to Scientific Communication using Multimedia for Engaging Diverse Audiences, AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract ED13F-0939 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2019) Continental rift processes determined by spatiotemporal development of faulting and magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, USA, EGU Annual Meeting, Abstract TS6.1-6068 (solicited talk).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2018) Inherited structure from the Ancestral Rocky Mountains and Laramide Orogenies influence Rio Grande rift development, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T176-322228 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2017) Rio Grande rift evolution and accommodation mechanisms as revealed through low-temperature thermochronometry, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Abstract T43D-07 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2016) Late-Miocene to Pleistocene exhumation along the upper Arkansas River valley segment of the Rio Grande Rift in southern Colorado, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T216 54-4 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., Geissman J., Heizler M., (2016) A Low-temperature thermochronometry reveals early Cenozoic differential exhumation in the southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, International Conference on Thermochronology, Abstract S8-P31 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., Geissman J., Heizler M., (2015) A Thermochronometric Approach to Understanding Exhumation in the Southern Colorado Rockies, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract T21B-2813 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J. (2013) Recent lake-area increases on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: links to permafrost degradation and climate change, Tibet Workshop, Estes CO (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J. (2013) Recent lake-area increases on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: links to permafrost degradation and climate change, 11th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J., (2012) Modern Changes in Lake Area on the Tibetan Plateau, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract GC54B (oral presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Tye, A.R., (2023) Deconvolving river evolution driven by rift development using stratigraphic analysis, detrital zircon U-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology, and low-temperature thermochronology GRC Geochronology, Landscape Evolution (poster presentation).
Ancayan, J.**, Abbey, A.L., (2023) Using Student Focused Design to Develop an Undergraduate Earth Science Course EER Annual Meeting, (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Dozier, S., Gutierrez, J., (2023) Unearthing Students’ 21st Century Skills in a Geology Field course. EER Annual Meeting, (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Granger, D.E., Shuster, D.L., (2022) Combining Low-temperature Thermochronology and Cosmogenic Radionuclide Dating to Document Fault Initiation and Exhumation in the Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T36-174-3 (poster presentation).
Senesac, C.*, Abbey, A.L., Tye, A., (2022) Understanding Relationships between the Arkansas River and Rift Related Faulting in southern Colorado. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T21-208-7 (poster presentation).
Westby, D.*, Abbey, A.L., Cooper, S.*, (2022) Thermochronology Lab Techniques: Standardization Towards Equitable Outcomes. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T1-163-6 (poster presentation).
Schulman, R.*, Loughney, K., Abbey, A.L., (2022) Provenance and Stratigraphic Analysis of the Stewart Valley, NV. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T86-102-16 (poster presentation).
Cooper, S.*, Abbey, A.L., (2022) Quaternary fault analysis in the Stewart Valley, NV. GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain annual section meeting. Abstract 9-9 (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Niemi N., (2022) Development of the Rio Grande rift system from assessment of spatiotemporal patterns in faulting and magmatism. GSA Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain annual section meeting. Abstract 43-1 (invited talk).
Che, Y.*, Abbey, A.L., Shuster D., Balco, G., Stock, G., Cuffey, K., (2021) Understanding Glacier Thinning and Retreat During the Last Glacial Maximum in Yosemite to Predict Contemporary Deglaciation. AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract PP25E-0983 (poster presentation).
Che, Y.*, Abbey, A.L., Shuster D., Balco, G., Stock, G., Cuffey, K., (2021) Understanding Glacier Thinning and Retreat During the Last Glacial Maximum in Yosemite to Predict Contemporary Deglaciation. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T131-79-5 (oral presentation).
Abbey A. L., Murray, K.E., Stevens-Goddard A., Wildman M., (2021) Navigating the modelling puzzle: Using forward and inverse models to make clear decisions when exploring and interpreting cooling ages in both HeFTy and QTQt. Thermo2021, Frontiers in data handling, Statistics, Interpretation Methods, and Modeling (lightning talk/poster).
Murray, K. E., Stevens-Goddard, A. L., Abbey, A. L., Wildman, M., (2020) Six Forward and Inverse Models in HeFTy Everyone Should Perform Before Interpreting Real Cooling Ages. AGU, Fall Meeting, Abstract V042 (elightning presentation).
Abbey A., Wildman M., Stevens-Goddard A., Murray, K.E., (2020) Escaping the infinite modelling maze: useful decision pathways to follow when exploring and interpreting thermal history models using QTQt AGU, Fall Meeting, Abstract V042 (elightning presentation).
Abbey A., Randolph-Flagg N., Shuster D., (2019) Isotopic constraints on fluid-rock interactions associated with the Little Devils Postpile magmatic intrusion, Yosemite National Park, CA, AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract V13A-05 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Cheng H., Ul-Hasan S., Zarate D., Mena J., Miles M., (2019) The Biota Project: A Grassroots Approach to Scientific Communication using Multimedia for Engaging Diverse Audiences, AGU Annual Meeting, Abstract ED13F-0939 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2019) Continental rift processes determined by spatiotemporal development of faulting and magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, USA, EGU Annual Meeting, Abstract TS6.1-6068 (solicited talk).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2018) Inherited structure from the Ancestral Rocky Mountains and Laramide Orogenies influence Rio Grande rift development, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T176-322228 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2017) Rio Grande rift evolution and accommodation mechanisms as revealed through low-temperature thermochronometry, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Abstract T43D-07 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., (2016) Late-Miocene to Pleistocene exhumation along the upper Arkansas River valley segment of the Rio Grande Rift in southern Colorado, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T216 54-4 (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., Geissman J., Heizler M., (2016) A Low-temperature thermochronometry reveals early Cenozoic differential exhumation in the southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, International Conference on Thermochronology, Abstract S8-P31 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Niemi N., Geissman J., Heizler M., (2015) A Thermochronometric Approach to Understanding Exhumation in the Southern Colorado Rockies, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract T21B-2813 (poster presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J. (2013) Recent lake-area increases on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: links to permafrost degradation and climate change, Tibet Workshop, Estes CO (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J. (2013) Recent lake-area increases on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: links to permafrost degradation and climate change, 11th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (oral presentation).
Abbey A., Hudson A., Kapp P., Quade J., (2012) Modern Changes in Lake Area on the Tibetan Plateau, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract GC54B (oral presentation).
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Unearthing Mountains. Written by Alyssa L. Abbey Illustrations by Pimentel (2022): A children's graphic novel about how mountains are made and how they change over time.
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION BLOGS
Abbey, A.L. (on behalf of The Biota Project) Jan. 2020, Earth's Changing Surface: It Takes Time! Science Connected Magazine.
Dove, N., Abbey, A.L. (on behalf of The Biota Project) July 2019, Learning Where Water Comes From, with Isotopes. Science Connected Magazine.
Dove, N., Abbey, A.L. (on behalf of The Biota Project) July 2019, Learning Where Water Comes From, with Isotopes. Science Connected Magazine.