Dr. David E. Wilkins joined the faculty of the Department of Geosciences at Boise
State University in 2000. After earning a B.S. and M.Ag. in Agricultural Economics from
Texas A&M University, he went on to earn another master's degree in Geography at
Texas A&M and then a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Utah. His dissertation
title was "Studies of Basin Response to Abrupt Climate Change: the Trans-Pecos
Closed Basin, West Texas and South-Central New Mexico", and his current research
interests still include climate change, as well as geomorphology of arid lands,
dendrogeomorphology, dendrochronology, and fire history. Dr. Wilkins maintains
memberships in the Association of American Geographers, American Quaternary Association,
American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, National Association of
Geoscience Teachers, National Association of Science Teachers, and the Tree-Ring Society.
In addition, he served as the state coordinator of the Idaho Geography Bee from
2004-2012; reviews manuscripts for Geomorphology, Quaternary Research, Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms, and Quaternary Science Research; and reviews proposals for the
Petroleum Research Fund and the National Science Foundation.

Articles

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Nearest Neighbor Methods Applied to Dune Field Organization: The Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Kane County, Utah, USA (with Richard L. Ford), Geomorphology (2007)

Dune fields have recently come to be recognized as self-organizing systems that can be seen...

 

Geology and Wine 11. Terroir of the Western Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA (with Virginia S. Gillerman, Krista Shellie, and Ron Bitner), Geoscience Canada (2006)

This article explores the unique combination of factors that shape the terroir of Idaho's principal...

 

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Radiocarbon Chronology and δ13C Analysis of Mid-to Late-Holocene Aeolian Environments, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA (with Donald R. Currey), The Holocene (1999)

The Red Dunes of Guadalupe Mountains National Park are quartzose sand sheets and dunes stabilized...

 

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Timing and Extent of Late Quaternary Paleolakes in the Trans-Pecos Closed Basin, West Texas and South-Central New Mexico (with Donald R. Currey), Quaternary Research (1997)

The Trans-Pecos Closed Basin is a hydrographically closed region covering 20,000 km centered on Salt...

 

Contributions to Books

Geologic Road Guides to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and Vicinity, Utah (with R. L. Ford and T. W. Massoth), Geologic Road, Trail, and Lake Guides to Utah’s Parks and Monuments (2012)
 

Geology and Geomorphology of Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah (with R. L. Ford, S. L. Gillman, W. P. Clement, and K. Nicoll), Geology of Utah’s Parks and Monuments (2010)
 

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Palaeolake Shoreline Sequencing Using Ground Penetrating Radar: Lake Alvord, Oregon, and Nevada (with William P. Clement), Stratigraphic Analyses Using GPR (2007)

Field, map, and aerial photoreconnaissance in the Lake Alvord basin has focused on identifying late...

 

Presentations

Investigating the Impact of Restricted Irrigation Practices on Soil Moisture Variability and Distribution in a Dry Farmed Vineyard Site, Boise, Idaho (with J. Duffin and J. R. Guenther), Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (2011)

Changing climate in semiarid regions may result in increased water stresses for agricultural production as...

 

Sophomore Field Experiences as an Introduction to the Nature of Geosciences: Data Collection and Analysis Using Dendrochronology (with M. L. Kunkel), Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (2011)

Opportunities for field experiences are often presented as a primary reason that undergraduate students gravitate...

 

Professional Development for Graduate Students Through Outreach Partnerships with Science Learning Centers (with Karen Viskupic, Jennie Rylee, Cindy Busche, Sara Focht, David Cannamela, Annelise Carleton-Hug, and James Belthoff), Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2011)

With funding from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education program (GK-12),...

 

Physiographic Factors Defining the Snake River Valley Ava; Beyond "Vin de Idaho" (with Virginia S. Gillerman, Krista Shellie, Ron Bitner, and Gregory V. Jones), Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (2011)

Beginning in 1971 with the first plantings of wine grapes, the wine and wine grape...

 

Development of a Ponderosa Pine Tree-Ring Chronology and Fire Record for the Boise Front, Boise, Idaho (with Chris Campbell), Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2010)

Fires and fire-related sedimentation events along the Boise Front are not a new problem, A...