Doug Clark

Associate Professor

Member of the WWU Geology faculty since 1997

Education

Ph.D. - University of Washington, 1995

M.S. - Stanford University, 1986

B.S. - Stanford University, 1983

Areas of Expertise

Geomorphic and paleoclimatic significance of alpine glaciation, with a particular focus on the latest Pleistocene and Holocene

Courses Taught

General Geology
Physical Geology
Fluvial Geomorphology
Environmental Geology
Glacial Geology
Image Interpretation
Geomorphology
Summer Field Camp

Selected Publications

*Neff, P.D., Steig, E.J., Clark, D.H., McConnell, J.R., Pettit, E.C., and Menounos, B., 2012 (in press), Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada; Journal of Glaciology.

Osborn, G., Menounos, B., Ryane, C., Riedel, J., Clague, J.J., Koch, J., Clark, D., Scott, K., and Davis, P.T., 2012, Latest Pleistocene and Holocene glacier fluctuations on Mount Baker, Washington. Quat. Sci. Rev., 49, p. 33-51.

Gillespie, A.R., and Clark, D.H., 2011, Glaciations of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. In J. Ehler, ed., Developments in Quaternary Science, V. 15, Elsevier B.V., pp. 447-462.

*Bowerman, N.D., and Clark, D.H., 2011, Holocene glaciation of the central Sierra Nevada, California. Quat. Sci. Reviews, 30, no. 9-10, pp. 1067-1085.

Clark, D.H., Housen, B.A., and Filippelli, G.M., 2012 (In revision), A deep, pre-Late Wisconsinan bog in the central Sierra Nevada, California, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.

Recent M.S. Students

N. Davies, M.S. (2011), WWU, Holocene glaciation in the Wind River Range, WY
M. Larrabee, M.S. (2011) WWU, Geomorphology and near-surface hydrology of Ebey's Prairie, Whidbey Island, WA
M. Park, M.S. (2011), WWU, Geophysical characterization of summit glaciers and craters at Mt. Baker Volcano, Washington
J. Maroney-Goshorn, M.S. (2012), WWU, Thermal and dynamic properties of rock glaciers in the North Cascades, WA
Jezra Beaulieu, M.S., (2013, expected), WWU, Macroclimates and ecological significances of rock glaciers in the central Sierra Nevada, CA