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Overview

Clarence R. Allen was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States during their scientific career. Their work contributed to the academic community through various research and teaching activities associated with this institution.

Although there are no specific details available on their recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues, Clarence R. Allen's association with a respected academic institution suggests involvement in scientific research and scholarship within their field.

There is no information available regarding specific fields of study, subfields, or main topics of research connected to Clarence R. Allen. Similarly, no records of book publications or awards won by this scientist have been listed.

Clarence R. Allen is known to be deceased. This summary reflects their career and contributions as documented up to that status.

Best Publications

  • The geology of earthquakes

    Robert Steve Yeats;Kerry E Sieh;Clarence R Allen

  • Red River and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China: Quaternary geology, slip rates, and seismic hazard

    C. R. Allen;A. R. Gillespie;Han Yuan;K. E. Sieh

  • Field study of a highly active fault zone: The Xianshuihe fault of southwestern China

    Clarence R. Allen;Luo Zhuoli;Qian Hong;Wen Xueze

  • Geological Criteria for Evaluating Seismicity

    Clarence R. Allen

  • Relationship between seismicity and geologic structure in the Southern California region

    C. R. Allen;P. St. Amand;C. F. Richter;J. M. Nordquist

  • Earthquake repeat time and average stress drop

    Hiroo Kanamori;Clarence R. Allen

  • Geological Criteria for Evaluating Seismicity Address as Retiring President of The Geological Society of America, Miami Beach, Florida, November 1974

    Clarence R. Allen

  • A low-stress-drop, low-magnitude earthquake with surface faulting: The Imperial, California, earthquake of March 4, 1966

    James N. Brune;Clarence R. Allen

  • Probabilities of large earthquakes occurring in California on the San Andreas Fault

    Duncan C Agnew;Clarence R Allen;Lloyd S Cluff;James H Dieterich

  • Circum‐Pacific faulting in the Philippines‐Taiwan Region

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  • Structure of the Lower Blue Glacier, Washington

    C. R. Allen;W. B. Kamb;M. F. Meier;R. P. Sharp

  • San Fernando Earthquake series, 1971: Focal mechanisms and tectonics

    James H. Whitcomb;Clarence R. Allen;Jan D. Garmany;James A. Hileman

  • Intermediate-term prediction of occurrence times of strong earthquakes

    V. I. Keilis-Borok;L. Knopoff;I. M. Rotwain;C. R. Allen

  • Patterns of seismic release in the southern California region

    Frank Press;Clarence Allen

  • Fault slip in southern California

    John N. Louie;Clarence R. Allen;David C. Johnson;Paul C. Haase

  • A micro-earthquake survey of the San Andreas fault system in southern California

    James N. Brune;Clarence R. Allen

  • Notes on the geology of Tibet and adjacent areas; report of the American plate tectonics delegation to the People's Republic of China

    A.W. Bally;Clarence R. Allen;R.B. Geyer;W.B. Hamilton

  • Active Faulting in Northern Turkey

    Clarence R. Allen

  • San Andreas fault zone in San Gorgonio Pass, Southern California

    Clarence R Allen

  • Seismicity of the Southern California region : 1 January 1932 to 31 December 1972

    J. A. Hileman;Clarence R. Allen;John M. Nordquist

  • Seismicity and Tectonics of the Northern Gulf of California Region, Mexico. Preliminary Results

    Cinna Lomnitz;Federico Mooser;Clarence R. Allen;James N. Brune

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
James N. Brune
James N. Brune University of Nevada Reno
Lucile M. Jones
Lucile M. Jones United States Geological Survey
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
William L. Ellsworth
William L. Ellsworth Stanford University
Thomas C. Hanks
Thomas C. Hanks United States Geological Survey
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
Robert P. Sharp
Robert P. Sharp California Institute of Technology
Duncan Carr Agnew
Duncan Carr Agnew University of California, San Diego
Leon T. Silver
Leon T. Silver California Institute of Technology

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