Albert C. Hine
Professor
Geological Oceanography
AB, Dartmouth College
MS, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
PhD, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Post Doctoral, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
Office Phone: (727) 553-1161
Email: hine@usf.edu
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Research Interests
I am fundamentally a broadly-trained geological oceanographer who has addressed sedimentary geology/stratigraphy problems from the estuarine system out to the base of slope—primarily in carbonate or mixed siliciclastic/carbonate environments. My associates, graduate students, and I have defined the response of coastal and shelf depositional systems to sea-level fluctuations, climate changes, western boundary currents, antecedent topography, and sediment supply. Specifically this includes geologic origin and evolution of submerged paleo-shorelines, reefs (relict and active), shelf sand bodies, open marine marsh systems, barrier islands, and back-barrier environments and how they might have interacted with each other in the past. Our primary research tools are high-resolution seismic reflection profilers, swath and multibeam high resolution bathymetric systems, side-scan sonars, geoacoustic seafloor-classification systems, and ROV's. Additionally, we have used a variety of submersibles including the Alvin. I also have been heavily involved in scientific ocean drilling and have sailed on the JOIDES Resolution (Co-chief scientist—Leg 182, and sedimentologist—Leg 194). Both legs examined carbonate sedimentation along continental margins.
I have been co-chief scientist on >75 research cruises including the Southern Ocean, Coral Sea, Bahamas, Bermuda, US east coast, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
Awards
Outstanding assistant professor, 1982, College of Natural Sciences, University of South Florida
Distinguished Lecturer, 2005-2006, Joint Oceanographic Institutions (now Consortium for Ocean Leadership—COL); invited to 9 universities
Winner of 2009 Francis P. Shepard Medal for sustained excellence in marine geology (national award)
Distinguished Alumni Award, 2011, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts—Amherst
Selected Publications (Since 2000)
Hine, A.C., The geologic history of Florida—the major events of the past that shaped the sunshine state, 2013; Gainesville, FL, The University Press of Florida.
Hine, A.C., and Locker, S.D., 2011, The Florida Gulf of Mexico continental shelf—great contrasts and significant transitions, in, Buster, N.A., and Holmes, C.E., eds., Gulf of Mexico: Volume 3, Geology, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University Press, p. 101-127.
Hickey, T.D., Hine, A.C., Shinn, E.A., Kruse, S.E., and Poore, R.Z., 2010, Pleistocene Carbonate Stratigraphy of South Florida: Evidence for High-Frequency Sea-Level Cyclicity. Journal of Coastal Research: v. 26, p. 605-614
Hine, A.C., The Geology of Florida, 2009, Cengage Learning Custom Solutions www.cengagecustom.com, 30p.
Hine, A.C., Suthard, B., Locker, S.D., Cunningham, K.J., Duncan, D.D., Evans, M., and Morton, R.A., 2009, Karst Subbasins and Their Relation to the Transport of Tertiary Siliciclastic Sediments on the Florida Platform, In Swart, P.K.; Eberli, G.P., and McKenzie, J.A. (eds.), Perspectives in Sedimentary Geology: A Tribute to the Career of Robert N. Ginsburg, International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford), v. 41., p. 179-197.
Kindler, P, and Hine, A.C., 2009, The paradoxical occurrence of oolitic limestone on the eastern islands of Great Bahama Bank; where do the ooids come from? In Swart, P.K.; Eberli, G.P., and McKenzie, J.A. (eds.), Perspectives in Sedimentary Geology: A Tribute to the Career of Robert N. Ginsburg, International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication, Wiley-Blackwell, v. 41, p. 113-122.
Hine, A.C., Halley, R.B., Locker, S.D., Jarrett, B.D., Jaap, W.C., Mallinson, D.J., Ciembronowicz, K. T., Ogden, N.B., Donahue, B.T., and Naar, D.F., (2008), Coral Reefs, Present and Past, on the West Florida Shelf and Platform Margin, In Riegl B. M., Dodge R.E., eds., Coral Reefs of the USA. Springer, p. 127-173.
Cronin, T., Edgar, N.T., Brooks, G., Hastings, D., Larson, R., Hine, A.C., Locker, S., Suthard, B., Flower, B., Hollander, D., Wehmiller, J., Willard, D., and Smith S., 2007, Sea level rise in Tampa Bay, EOS, v. 88, no. 10, p. 117-118.
Wood, N., and Hine, A.C., 2007, Spatial trends in marsh sediment deposition within a microtidal creek system, Waccasassa Bay, Florida: Journal of Coastal Research, 23:4, p. 823-833.
Berman, G.A., Naar, D.F., Hine, A.C., Brooks, G.R., Tebbens, S.F., Donahue, B.T., and Wilson, R., 2005, Geologic structure and hydrodynamics of Egmont Channel: An anomalous inlet at the mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 21, no. 2, p. 331-357.
Wright, E.E., Hine, A.C., Goodbred, S.L., and Locker, S.D. 2005. The effect of sea-level and climate change on the development of a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate, deltaic coastline: Suwannee River, Florida, USA: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 75, p., 621-635.
Jarrett, B.D., Hine, A.C., Halley, R.B., Naar, D.F., Locker, S.D., Neumann, A.C., Twichell, D., Hu, C., Donahue, B.T., Jaap, W.C., Palandro, D. and Ciembronowicz, K. 2005. Strange bedfellows--a deep-water hermatypic coral reef superimposed on a drowned barrier island; southern Pulley Ridge, SW Florida platform margin: Marine Geology, v. 214, p. 295-307.
Cunningham, K.J., Locker, S.D., Hine, A.C., Bukry, D., Barron, J.A., and Guertin, L.A., 2003, Interplay of Late Cenozoic siliciclastic supply and carbonate response on the southwest Florida Platform: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 31-46.
Edwards, J.H., Harrison, S.E., Locker, S.D., Hine, A.C., and Twichell, D.C., 2003. Stratigraphic framework of sediment-starved sand ridges on a mixed siliciclastic/carbonate inner shelf off west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication., v. 200., p. 195-217.
Harrison, S.E, Locker, S.D, Hine, A.C., Edwards, J. H., Naar, D.F., Twichell, D.C., and Mallinson, D.J., 2003. Seafloor characteristics and process-response relationships of sediment starved sand ridges on a mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner shelf off west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 171-194.
Donahue, B., Hine, A.C., Locker, S.D., and Twichell, D. C., 2003, Tidal inlet/inner shelf transition and interaction: West-Central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 219-241, v. 200., p. 125-156.
Duncan, D. S., Locker, S.D., Brooks, G.R., Hine, A.C., and Doyle, L.J., 2003. Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic infilling of a Neogene carbonate shelf valley system: Tampa Bay, west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200., p. 125-156.
Brooks, G., Doyle, L.J., Suthard, B. C., Locker, S.D., and Hine, A.C., 2003. Facies architecture of the mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner continental shelf of west-central Florida: Implications for Holocene barrier development. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 325-349.
Edwards, J.H., Harrison, S.E., Locker, S.D., Hine, A.C., and Twichell, D.C., 2003,
Stratigraphic framework of sediment-starved sand ridges on a mixed siliciclastic/carbonate inner shelf off west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 195-217.
Feary, D.A., Hine, A.C., James, N.P., and Malone, M.J., 2004, Leg 182 synthesis: exposed secrets of the Great Australian Bight. In Hine, A.C., Feary, D.A., and Malone M.J., (Eds.), Proc ODP, Sci. Results, 182-1-30 (Online). Available from the World Wide Web:
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/182_SR/VOLUME/SYNTH/SYNTH.PDF
Hine, A.C., Feary, D.A., and Malone, M.J., 2004, (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 182, 1-24 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA
Cunningham, K.J., Locker, S.D., Hine, A.C., Bukry, D., Barron, J.A., and Guertin, L.A., 2003, Interplay of Late Tertiary siliciclastic supply and carbonate response on the southeast Florida Platform: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 31-46.
Harrison, S.E, Locker, S.D, Hine, A.C., Edwards, J. H., Naar, D.F., Twichell, D.C., and Mallinson, D.J., 2003, Seafloor characteristics and process-response relationships of sediment starved sand ridges on a mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner shelf off west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 171-194.
Hine, A.C., Brooks, G.R., Davis, R.A., Duncan, D.S., Locker, S.D., Twichell, D.C., and Gelfenbaum, G., 2003, The west-central Florida inner shelf and coastal system: a geologic conceptual overview and introduction to the special issue: Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 1-17.
Locker, S.D., Hine, A.C., and Brooks, G. R., 2003, Regional stratigraphic framework linking continental shelf and coastal sedimentary deposits of west-central Florida. Marine Geology Special Publication, v. 200, p. 351-378.
Mallinson, D. J., Flower, B., Hine, A.C., Brooks, G.R., and Garza, R.M., 2003, Paleoclimate implications of high latitude precession-scale mineralogic fluctuations during early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation: the Great Australian Bight record: Global and Planetary Change, v. 39, p. 257-269. {R}
Mallinson, D. Hine, A.C., Hallock, P., Locker, S.D., Shinn, E.A., Naar, D.F., Donahue, B., and Weaver, D., 2003, Development of small carbonate banks on the south Florida platform margin: response to sea level and climate change: Marine Geology, v. 199, p. 45-63.
Wood, N.J., and Hine, A.C., 2003, Sediment dynamics of a sediment-starved, open-marine marsh embayment: Wacassasa Bay, Florida: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 19, p.574-583.
Locker, S.D. and Hine, A.C., 2002, Characteristics and implications of relict carbonate paleoshorelines, in Robbins, L.L., Magoon, O.T., and Ewing, L., (eds.) Carbonate Beaches 2000: First International Symposium on Carbonate Sand Beaches. Conference proceedings, Dec. 5-8, 2000, Westin Beachresort, Key Largo, Florida. pp.22-23.
Acker, J.G., Hine, A.C., Brown, C.W., and Armstrong, E.M., 2002, Satellite and airborne remote sensing observations of neritic carbonate sediment transport from the Bahamas Banks and Bermuda, in, Magoon, O.T., Robbins, L.L., and Ewing, L., (eds.), Carbonate Beaches: Am. Society of Civil Engineers Conference Proceedings, p. 261-273.
Acker, J.G., Brown, C.W., Hine, A.C., Armstrong, E.A., and Kuring, N.,2002, Satellite remote sensing observations and aerial photography of storm-induced neritic carbonate transport from shallow carbonate platforms: Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 23, no. 14, p. 2853-2868.
Mitterer, R.M., Malone, M.J., Goodfriend, G.A., Hine, A.C., et al., 2001, Co-generation of hydrogen sulfide and methane in marine carbonate sediments: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 28, p. 3931-3934.
Hine, A.C., Brooks, G.R., Davis, R.A., Jr., Doyle, L.J., Gelfenbaum, G., Locker, S.D., Twichell, D.C., and Weisberg, R., 2001, A summary of findings of the west-central Florida coastal studies project: USGS Open File Report 01-103.
Feary, D.A. Hine, A.C., Malone, M., and the Leg 182 Scientific Party, 2000, Cool-water “reefs”, possible hydrogen sulfide/methane clathrates, and brine circulation—preliminary results of Leg 182 drilling in the Great Australian Bight: JOIDES Journal, v. 25, p. 4-7.
Swart, P.K., Wortmann, U.G., Mitterer, R.M., Malone, M.J., Smart, P.L., Feary, D., Hine, A.C., and the ODP Leg 182 Scientific Party, 2000, Hydrogen sulphide-rich hydrates and saline fluids in the continental margin of south Australia: Geology, v. 28, p. 1039-1042.
James, N.P., Feary, D.A., Surlyk, F., Simo, J.A., Betzler, C., Holbourn, A.E., Ki, Q., Matsuda, H., Machiyama, H., Brooks, G.R., Andres, M., Hine, A.C., and Malone, M.J., and the ODP Leg 182 Scientific Party, 2000, Quaternary bryozoan reef-mounds in cool-water, upper slope environments; Great Australian Bight: Geology, v. 28, p. 647-650
