Associate Professor
160 Rich Lab
335 Brackett Hall
864.656.5015
E-mail: apullen@clemson.edu
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2010, Geosciences
M.S. University of Arizona, 2006, Geosciences
B.S. University of Arizona, 1999, Economics
Classes | Publications
Faculty Overview
Dr. Pullen’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of structural geology, sedimentology, and geochronology. He takes a field and laboratory-based approach to research by conducting geologic and geomorphic mapping, measuring stratigraphic sections, and applying U-Th-Pb geochronology. His research interests are broadly in the areas of continental tectonics and orogenic systems. Some of his current research projects focus on mountain building, aridification, and eolian processes. His research projects cross traditional disciplinary boundaries to study processes ranging from lithospheric evolution to Earth surface processes.
Class Information
For current syllabi, please search the Clemson University Syllabus Repository.
GEOL 3020 Structural Geology
GEOL 3021 Structural Geology Laboratory
GEOL 4050 Surficial Geology
GEOL 4051 Surficial Geology Laboratory
GEOL 4500 Paleoclimate Change
Selected Publications
Ma, A., Hu, X., Li, X., Pullen, A., Garzanti, E. and Suzuki, N. 2024. Timing of rifting of the Dongkaco microcontinent (Central Tibet) and implications for Neo-Tethyan evolution. Paleogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 638, 112054.
Li, M., Nie, J., Li, Z., Pullen, A., Abell, J.T., Zhang, H., McMechen, C.A. and Pan, B. 2023. A middle Pleistocene to Holocene perspective on sediment sources for the Tengger Desert, China. CATENA 228, 107119.
Stubbins, B., Leier, A.L., Barbeau, D.L., Pullen, A., Abell, J.T., Nie, J., Zárate, M.A. and Fidler, M.K. 2023. Global climate forcing on late Miocene establishment of the Pampean aeolian system in South America. Nature Communications 14(1), 6899.
Ma, A., Hu, X., Garzanti, E., Pullen, A., BouDagher-Fadel, M., Ji, X., Wang, J., Lai, W., Xue, W., Ma, A., Hu, X., Garzanti, E., Pullen, A., BouDagher-Fadel, M., Ji, X., Wang, J., Lai, W., Xue, W., 2023. Mid-Cretaceous Exhumation of the Central Qiangtang Mountain Range Metamorphic Rocks as Evidenced by the Abushan Continental Redbeds. Tecto 42, e2022TC007520. doi:10.1029/2022TC007520
Peng, W., Zhang, H., Pullen, A., Li, M., Pan, B., Xiao, W., Nie, J., 2023. Stepwise increased spatial provenance contrast on the Chinese Loess Plateau over late Miocene-Pleistocene. Commun. Earth Environ. 2023 41 4, 1–9. doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00721-9
Zhang, D., Wang, G., Abell, J.T., Pullen, A., Winckler, G., Schaefer, J.M., Shen, T., 2022. Quantifying Late Pleistocene to Holocene Erosion Rates in the Hami Basin, China: Insights Into Pleistocene Dust Dynamics of an East Asian Stony Desert. Geophys. Res. Lett. 49, e2021GL097495. doi:10.1029/2021GL097495
Bruner, A., Leier, A.L., Jr., D.L.B., Pullen, A., Fidler, M.K., Stubbins, B., 2022. Detrital zircon provenance and transport pathways of Pleistocene-Holocene eolian sediment in the Pampean Plains, Argentina. GSA Bull. doi:10.1130/B36267.1
Pullen, A., Barbeau, D.L., Leier, A.L., Abell, J.T., Ward, M., Bruner, A., Fidler, M.K., 2022. A westerly wind dominated Puna Plateau during deposition of upper Pleistocene loessic sediments in the subtropical Andes, South America. Nat. Commun. 2022 131 13, 1–8. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31118-5
Zhang, D., Wang, G., Abell, J.T., Pullen, A., Winckler, G., Schaefer, J.M., Shen, T., 2022. Quantifying Late Pleistocene to Holocene Erosion Rates in the Hami Basin, China: Insights Into Pleistocene Dust Dynamics of an East Asian Stony Desert. Geophys. Res. Lett. 49. doi:10.1029/2021GL097495
Zhang, L., Fan, W., Ding, L., Pullen, A., Ducea, M.N., Li, J., Wang, C., Xu, X., Sein, K., 2022. Forced subduction initiation within the Neotethys: An example from the mid-Cretaceous Wuntho-Popa arc in Myanmar. GSA Bull. 134, 849–870. doi:10.1130/B35818.1
Smeraglia, L., Giuffrida, A., Grimaldi, S., Pullen, A., La Bruna, V., Billi, A., Agosta, F., 2021. Fault-controlled upwelling of low-T hydrothermal fluids tracked by travertines in a fold-and-thrust belt, Monte Alpi, southern Apennines, Italy. J. Struct. Geol. 144, 104276. doi:10.1016/J.JSG.2020.104276
DiPietro, J.A., Pullen, A., Krol, M.A., 2021. Geologic history and thermal evolution in the hinterland region, western Himalayas, Pakistan. Earth-Science Rev. 223, 103817. doi:10.1016/J.EARSCIREV.2021.103817
Zhang, Haobo, Nie, J., Liu, X., Pullen, A., Li, G., Peng, W., Zhang, Hanzhi, 2021. Spatially variable provenance of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geology 49, 1155–1159. doi:10.1130/G48867.1
