Abbey, A.L., Randolph-Flagg, N., de Villa, K.*, Kim, S., Shuster, D., (2024), Tracing short-lived hydrothermal circulation systems and water-rock interactions around small-scale basalt intrusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 366, 113-127.
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., (in review), Cover Letter Writing Project https://serc.carleton.edu/dev/teachearth/activities/291060.html Abbey, A.L., & Moore, A., (2024), Trees From Thin Air. https://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/activities/284510.html Abbey, A.L., Wildman, M., Murray, K.E., Stevens Goddard, A.L., (2024), QTQt: Beyond the user manual, https://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/activities/284431.html Abbey, A.L., (2024), The Rock Cycle: building descriptive skills. https://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/activities/282572.html 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 undergraduate student, **graduate student)
Light, L.**, Abbey. A.L., (2025). Recent Geologic Mapping of the Stewart Spring and Adjacent Quadrangles Encompassing the Stewart Valley, Nevada, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T204-7096 (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., O’Sullivan, P.B., Shuster, D.L., (2025) Modelling Complex Low-Temperature Thermochronology Data: A Case Study from the Argentina Precordillera. Thermo2025, Passive Margins & Sedimentary Basins (oral presentation).
Cockroft, H.*, Angell, B.*, Dennis, D.*, Frodsham, K.*, Hawks, L.*, Murphy, A.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Constraining Timing and Rates of Rift-related Deposition via 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-8 (poster presentation).
Hawks, L.*, Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Dennis, D.*, Frodsham, K.*, Murphy, A.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Stratigraphic Insights into Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-7 (poster presentation).
Dennis, D.*, Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Frodsham, K.*, Hawks, L.*, Murphy, A.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Using Petrographic Analysis to Determine the Composition of Basin Fill Sources within the Rio Grande Rift. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-5 (poster presentation).
Paik, S.*, Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Dennis, D.*, Frodsham, K.*, Hawks, L.*, Murphy, A.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Constraining Initiation and Duration of Basin Linkage via Transfer Zones in the Northern Rio Grande Rift Using Low-Temperature Thermochronology. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-9 (poster presentation).
Murphy, A.*, Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Dennis, D.*, Frodsham, K.*, Hawks, L.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Mapping Surface Processes to Determine the Influence of Active Rifting on River and Basin Evolution in the Northern Rio Grande Rift. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-10 (poster presentation).
Frodsham, K.*, Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Dennis, D.*, Hawks, L.*, Murphy, A.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). New Detrital Zircon U-Pb Ages from the Santa Fe and Dry Union Formations, Colorado: Implications for the Provenance of Rio Grande Rift Sediment. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-4 (poster presentation).
Angell, B.*, Cockroft, H.*, Dennis, D.*, Frodsham, K.*, Hawks, L.*, Murphy, A.*, Paik, S.*, Abbey, A., Tye, A., (2025). Conglomerate Clast Counts from the Cenozoic Dry Union and Santa Fe Formations, Colorado: Implications for Rio Grande Rift Sediment Provenance. GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting. Abstract 24-6 (poster presentation).
Light, L.**, Abbey, A. L., (2025). Geologic map resolution of the Stewart Valley, Nevada, utilizing x-ray fluorescence geochemistry. Desert Symposium 2025 Annual Meeting. (oral presentation).
Ansari, S.*, Abbey, A. L., & O'Sullivan, P. B. (2024). Using Low-Temperature Thermochronology to Track Fault Activity in the Andean Precordillera, Argentina. AGU 2024 Annual Meeting. Abstract EP23B-1316. (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., O’Sullivan, P, Granger, D.E., & Shuster, D.L., (2024). Fault initiation, exhumation, and propagation in the Andean Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina. AGU 2024 Annual Meeting. Abstract EP23B-1315. (poster presentation).
Ruiz, V.**, Abbey, A. L., Granger, D. E., Ramos M., Smeenk, L., & Cadario, V. (2024). Geochronologic analysis of the Fold-thrust-belt Growth within the Argentina Precordillera. AGU 2024 Annual Meeting. Abstract EP13A-1325. (poster presentation).
MaGee, M.*,Abbey, A.L., Tye, A.R., (2024) Sedimentary Records Provide New Insights into the Evolution of the Arkansas River in the Rio Grande Rift. GSA AnnualMeeting, Abstract D22-250-2 (poster presentation).
Abbey, A.L., Dozier, S., Gutierrez, J., (2024) Bringing the Focus to Universal Skills in a Geology Field Course. GSA Annual Meeting, Abstract T74-132-8 (oralpresentation).
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 (posterpresentation).
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 (posterpresentation).
Ancayan, J.**,Abbey, A.L., (2023) Using Student Focused Design to Develop an Undergraduate Earth Science Course EER Annual Meeting, (posterpresentation).
Abbey, A.L., Dozier, S., Gutierrez, J., (2023) Unearthing Students’ 21st Century Skills in a Geology Field course. EER Annual Meeting, (posterpresentation).
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. Desenterrando Montañas. Written by Alyssa L. Abbey Illustrations and translation by Pimentel (2025): Este libro trata de un joven aventurero que va en busca de montañas para entender cómo se forman y cambian con el tiempo.