Articles by Richard Clark-Wilson, PhD Candidate in Geography, Royal Holloway

Richard Clark-Wilson is a doctoral candidate in Geography at the Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Richard’s research interests fall into two key themes. The first is reconstructing the past environment using geochemical (stable isotope analysis, X-ray diffraction) and sedimentological (micromorphology) techniques. The second is focused on geochronology and applying luminescence dating to Quaternary deposits.

Articles by: Richard Clark-Wilson

Researchers surveying the Alathar lake, situated within an interdunal depression in the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia.

Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for humans on Arabian Peninsula

By Richard Clark-Wilson last updated 1 June 21

Scientists have discovered human footprints embedded on an ancient lake surface in the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia that are around 120,000 years old.

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