David Divins is the Associate Director the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS),
He received a Bachelor's degree in Biology with a Specialization in Marine Science from Boston University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Oceanography (Geology and Geophysics) from Texas A&M University in 1991.
David is a marine geophysicist focused on seafloor mapping and geomorphology, subsurface imaging and sediment thickness, and methane hydrates. He worked for 9 years with at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado and 6 years in the Marine Geology and Geophysics division at the National Centers for Environmental Information in Boulder CO. During this time he was involved in many international bathymetric mapping projects, global sediment thickness mapping, as well as bathymetric mapping and geomorphology in the Great Lakes.
Prior to his arrival at UNH, David served as Vice President and Director of Ocean Drilling Programs at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, DC where he managed the Integrated Ocean Drilling Project (now called the International Ocean Discovery Program) for 10 years.
Dr. Divins is currently working as part a research team led by The University of Texas at Austin to analyze deposits of frozen methane under the Gulf of Mexico. The heart of this project is to acquire intact samples so that we can better understand how to produce these deposits in the future.
Research Interests
- Marine and Ocean Sciences
- Methane
- Oceanography
- Oceans and Seas
Selected Publications
Johnson, J. E., MacLeod, D. R., Phillips, S. C., Phillips, M. P., & Divins, D. L. (2022). Primary deposition and early diagenetic effects on the high saturation accumulation of gas hydrate in a silt dominated reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico. MARINE GEOLOGY, 444. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106718
Collett, T., Bahk, J. -J., Baker, R., Boswell, R., Divins, D., Frye, M., . . . Torres, M. (2015). Methane Hydrates in Nature-Current Knowledge and Challenges. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 60(2), 319-329. doi:10.1021/je500604h
Virden, W., Habermann, T., Glover, G., Divins, D., Sharman, G., Fox, C., & IEEE. (2004). Multibeam bathymetric data at NOAA/NGDC. In OCEANS '04 MTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04, VOLS 1- 2, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, VOLS. 1-4 (pp. 1159-1162). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Divins, D. L., & Eakins, B. (2003). Total Sediment Thickness Map for the Southeast Pacific Ocean. In G. B. Udintsev (Ed.), International Geological-Geophysical Atlas of the Pacific Ocean (pp. 126-127). St. Petersburg, Russia: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO).
Holcombe, T. L., Warren, J. S., Reid, D. F., Virden, W. T., & Divins, D. L. (2001). Small rimmed depression in Lake Ontario: An impact crater?. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH, 27(4), 510-517. doi:10.1016/S0380-1330(01)70664-8
Holcombe, T. L., & Moore, C. J. (2000). Data Sources, Management, and Presentation (Section on Sediment Thickness). In Continental Shelf Limits The Scientific and Legal Interface. Oxford University Press on Demand.
Pratson, L. F., Divins, D. L., Butler, T., Metzger, D., Steele, M., Sharman, G. F., . . . Ramos, R. (1999). Exposing the US Coastal Zone,. EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, (80/37).
Pratson, L. F., Divins, D. L., Butler, T., Metzger, D., Steele, M., Sharman, G. F., . . . Ramos, R. (1999). Development of an Elevation Database for the US Coastal Zone. Surveying and Land Information Systems, 59, 3-13.
Holcombe, T. L., Reid, D. F., & Divins, D. L. (1998). New bathymetry of the Great Lakes being compiled as part of NOAA's Great Lakes data rescue program. Unknown Journal, 6(1), 10-11. Retrieved from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/media/pdf/esm/ESM_DEC96vol7no2.pdf
Austin, J. A., & Divins, D. L. (1986). Sediment sound‐velocity provinces in the Cape Basin: New results using multichannel seismic reflection profiles. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91(B14), 14015-14021. doi:10.1029/jb091ib14p14015
