David Allen

Mr David Allen Hydrogeologist

Location: Wallingford

Tel: 01491 69 2305

E-mail David Allen

Biography

  •  1997 :  Project Manager and Water Sector Business Manager
  •  1990 –1997 :  Manager, Aquifer Properties Section
  •  1978 –1990 :  Hydrogeologist
  •  1978 :  MSc Newcastle University, Engineering Hydrology
  •  1976 :  BA Cambridge University, Natural Sciences

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Avon Demonstration Test Catchment
  •  Eden Demonstration Test Catchment
  •  Groundwater-surface water interaction

Skills

  •  Aquifer physical properties measurement
  •  Hydrogeological training
  •  Project management

Professional association

  •  Chartered Geologist
  •  Member of International Association of Hydrogeologists

Research interests

  •  Catchment conceptual hydrological models
  •  Groundwater-surface water interaction
  •  Physical hydrogeology

Published outputs

Key papers

BLOOMFIELD J P, ALLEN D J and GRIFFITHS K J. 2009.Examining geological controls on baseflow index (BFI) using regression analysis ;an illustration from the Thames Basin, UK. Journal of Hydrology 373, 164–176

ELLISON R A, WOODS M A, ALLEN D J, FORSTER A, PHAROAH T and KING C. 2004. Geology of London. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 256 (North London), 257 (Romford), 270 (South London), and 271 (Dartford) (England and Wales).

ALLEN D J, BREWERTON L J, COLEBY L M, GIBBS B R, LEWIS M A, MACDONALD A M, WAGSTAFF S J AND WILLIAMS A T 1997. The physical properties of major aquifers in England and Wales. British Geological Survey Report WD/97/38, Environment Agency R & D Publication 8.

ALLEN D J, DARLING W G, GOODDY D C, LAPWORTH D J, NEWELL A J, WILLIAMS A T, ALLEN D and ABESSER C. 2010. Interaction between groundwater, the hyporheic zone and a Chalk stream: a case study from the River Lambourn, UK. Hydrogeology Journal 18: 1125-1141. August 2010.

ALLEN D J, MACDONALD D M J, MARSLAND P A AND FLETCHER S W. 2002. The delineation and characterization of Groundwater Bodies to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. R&D Technical Report P2-260/6/TR/1

MACDONALD A M and ALLEN D J 2001. Aquifer Properties of the Chalk of England. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 34, 371-384.

ROBINS N S, MACDONALD A M and ALLEN D J.2007. The vulnerability paradox for hard fractured Lower Palaeozoic and Precambrian rocks. In ‘Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping. Selected papers from the Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping International Conference, Ustron. Poland, 2004’. Taylor and Francis