Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995
Extent, timing, and climatic, significance of late-Pleistocene and Holocene glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California

M.S., Stanford University, 1986
Tectonic evolution of the Red Hills-southwestern Kern Mountains area, east-central Nevada

B.S., (with Distinction), Geology, Stanford University, 1983.

Research Interests:

Paleoclimatic significance of alpine and lacustrine deposits; geomorphic evolution of mountain regions; tectonic development of western North America. and central Asia.

Tel: (360) 650-7939

E-mail: dhclark@cc.wwu.edu

Selected Publications
Clark, D. H., and Gillespie, A. R., 1997, Timing and significance of late-glacial and Holocene glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California. Quaternary International, 38/39, pp. 21-38.

Clark, D. H., Steig, E. J., Potter, N., Jr., and Gillespie, A. R., 1997 (in press), Genetic variability in rock glaciers. Geografiska Annaler.

Potter, N., Jr., Steig, E. J., Clark, D. H., Speece, M. J., Clark, G. M., and Updike, A. B., 1997 (in press), Galena Creek rock glacier revisited - new observations on an old controversy. Geografiska Annaler.

Steig, E. J., Fitzpatrick, J. J., Potter, N., Jr., and Clark, D. H., 1997 (in press), The geochemical record in rock glaciers. Geografiska Annaler.

Gillespie, A. R., Clark, D. H., Steig, E. J., and Potter, N., Jr., 1997, Chapman Conference delves into the significance of rock glaciers EOS, Transactions AGU, 78, 208-209.

Clark, D. H., Steig, E. J., Potter, N., Jr., Fitzpatrick, J., Updike, A. B., and Clark, G. M., 1996, Potential for old ice and long climate records in rock glaciers. EOS, 77, 23, pp. 217-222.

Potter, N, Jr., Clark, D. H., Clark, G. M., Fitzpatrick, J., Speece, M. J., Steig, E. J., and Updike, A. B., 1996, Galena Creek rock glacier. Field Trip Guidebook, American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on the Geomorphic and Climatic Significance of Rock Glaciers, 103 p.

Clark, D. H., Bierman, P. R., and Larsen, P., 1995, Improving in situ cosmogenic chronometers.Quaternary Research<44, 3, pp. 366-376.

Gillespie, A., and Clark, D. H., 1995. Potential of ASTER for Inferring Paleoclimatic Conditions, Journal of the Remote Sensing Society, Japan, 15 , 1, pp. 39-49.

Clark, D. H., Gillespie, A. R., and Clark, M. M., 1994, Reply to comment by M. Jakob on debris-covered glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, and their implications for snowline reconstruction. Quaternary Research, 42, 3, pp. 359-362.

Clark, D. H., Clark, M. M., and Gillespie, A. R., 1994, Debris-covered glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, and their implications for snowline reconstructions. Quaternary Research, 41, 2, pp. 139-153.

Clark, D. H., Hall, N. T., Hamilton, D. H., and Heck, R. G., 1991, Structural analysis of late Neogene deformation in the offshore Santa Maria Basin, California: Jour. Geophys. Res., 96, pp. 6435-6457.

Bierman, P., Gillespie, A., Whipple, K., and Clark, D., 1991, Quaternary geomorphology and geochronology of Owens Valley, California. In Walawender, M.J., and Hanan, B.B., (eds.), Geological Excursions in Southern California and Mexico: Guidebook, 1991 GSA Annual Meeting, pp. 199-223.