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Brent Alloway is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and focuses their research within the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output spans 46 publications, emphasizing several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Brent Alloway has published in several academic venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Journal of Maps

Selected recent papers illustrating their research interests include:

  • "Silicic conduits as supersized tuffisites: Clastogenic influences on shifting eruption styles at Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile)" (2021) in Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Centennial-scale eruptive diversity at Volcán Calbuco (41.3°S; Northwest Patagonia) deduced from historic tephra cover-bed and dendrochronologic archives" (2021) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "The role of climate and disturbance regimes upon temperate rainforests during the Holocene: A stratigraphic perspective from Lago Fonk (∼40°S), northwestern Patagonia" (2021) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Fires and rates of change in the temperate rainforests of northwestern Patagonia since ∼18 ka" (2022) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Volcano-tectonic interactions at the southern margin of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand" (2022) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Patricio I. Moreno
  • C. Ian Schipper
  • Carla A. Henríquez
  • Jonathan M. Castro
  • Ben Kennedy

The breadth of Alloway's research reflects a focus on interdisciplinary approaches combining geology, paleoclimatology, volcanology, and ecological perspectives. Their investigations cover volcanic activity, climate influences on ecosystems, stratigraphic records, and tectonic interactions-all contributing to a comprehensive understanding of Earth systems in various geographic contexts including New Zealand, Patagonia, and Chile.

Best Publications

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ‐INTIMATE project)

    Brent V. Alloway;David J. Lowe;David J.A. Barrell;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia

    Thomas Sutikna;Matthew W. Tocheri;Matthew W. Tocheri;Michael J. Morwood;E. Wahyu Saptomo

  • Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu

    Shane J. Cronin;David R. Gaylord;Douglas Charley;Brent V. Alloway

  • Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE

    David J. Lowe;Phil A.R. Shane;Brent V. Alloway;Rewi M. Newnham

  • 10,000 Years of explosive eruptions of Merapi Volcano, Central Java: archaeological and modern implications

    C. G. Newhall;S. Bronto;B. Alloway;N.G. Banks

  • The last glacial maximum in central and southern North Island, New Zealand: a paleoenvironmental reconstruction using the Kawakawa Tephra Formation as a chronostratigraphic marker

    Brad Pillans;Matt McGlone;Alan Palmer;Dallas Mildenhall

  • A detailed tephrostratigraphic framework at Merapi Volcano, Central Java, Indonesia: implications for eruption predictions and hazard assessment

    S.D Andreastuti;B.V Alloway;I.E.M Smith

  • Tephrochronology of last termination sequences in Europe: a protocol for improved analytical precision and robust correlation procedures (a joint SCOTAV-INTIMATE proposal)

    Chris S.M. Turney;J. John Lowe;Siwan M. Davies;Valerie Hall

  • Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits in New Zealand—Lithofacies Organization in Unconfined, Wet-Avalanche Flows

    Beth A. Palmer;Brent V. Alloway;Vincent E. Neall

  • Correlation and characterisation of individual glass shards from tephra deposits using trace element laser ablation ICP-MS analyses: current status and future potential

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;Joanna S. Denton;William T. Perkins;John A. Westgate

  • Late Quaternary (post 28,000 year B.P.) tephrostratigraphy of northeast and central Taranaki, New Zealand

    Brent Alloway;VE Neall;CG Vucetich

  • Vegetation and climate of Auckland, New Zealand, since ca. 32 000 cal. yr ago: support for an extended LGM†

    Rewi M. Newnham;David J. Lowe;Teresa M. Giles;Brent V. Alloway

  • Radiocarbon constraints on the extent and evolution of the South Pacific glacial carbon pool

    Thomas Ronge;Ralf Tiedemann;Frank Lamy;Peter Köhler

  • Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores

    Adam Brumm;Adam Brumm;Gerrit D. van den Bergh;Michael Storey;Iwan Kurniawan

  • Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants

    A. G. Beu;B. V. Alloway;B. J. Pillans;T. R. Naish

  • Revision of the marine chronology in the Wanganui Basin, New Zealand, based on the isothermal plateau fission-track dating of tephra horizons

    Brent V. Alloway;Brad J. Pillans;Amanjit S. Sandhu;John A. Westgate

  • Stratigraphy, age, and correlation of voluminous debris‐avalanche events from an ancestral Egmont Volcano: Implications for coastal plain construction and regional hazard assessment

    Brent Alloway;Peter McComb;Vince Neall;Colin Vucetich

  • A 28 000–6600 cal yr record of local and distal volcanism preserved in a paleolake, Auckland, New Zealand

    Anna Sandiford;Brent Alloway;Phil Shane

  • Growth of contractional structures during the last 10 m.y. at the southern end of the emergent Hikurangi forearc basin, New Zealand

    Andrew Nicol;Russell VanDissen;Paul Vella;Brent Alloway

  • Multi-method dating comparison for mid-pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand

    Brad Pillans;Barry P. Kohn;Glenn Berger;Paul Froggatt

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30,000 years

    D.J. A. Barrell;B. V. Alloway;J. Shulmeister;R. M. Newnham

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Wacker
Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich
Frank Lamy
Frank Lamy Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Peter Köhler
Peter Köhler Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
John A. Westgate
John A. Westgate University of Toronto
Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Brad Pillans
Brad Pillans Australian National University
Tim R Naish
Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington
Nicholas J. G. Pearce
Nicholas J. G. Pearce Aberystwyth University
Lionel Carter
Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington
David J. Lowe
David J. Lowe University of Waikato

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