Cliff Ollier (born 26 October 1931) is a geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, emeritus professor and honorary research fellow, at the School of Earth and Geographical Sciences

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilitie ...

. He was formerly at

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...

, University of New England, Australia, Canberra University,

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

, and

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

. In the late 1950s he worked on a soil survey in the Northern and Eastern provinces of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

. Throughout his career he was a prolific author (as C.D Ollier), and he has contributed to reference works such as ''The Oxford Companion to the Earth''.

Publications

Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not CollapsingLysenko and Global Warming
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Energy & Environment ''Energy & Environment'' is an academic journal "covering the direct and indirect environmental impacts of energy acquisition, transport, production and use".

'', 20 (2009), 197–200. *''Volcanoes''; (1st ed 1969); (2nd ed 1988) *
The Origin of Mountains
' with Colin Pain (2000) *''Ancient landforms''

References

Australian geologists University of Western Australia faculty Living people Australian geomorphologists 1931 births University of Papua New Guinea faculty Australian National University faculty University of New England (Australia) faculty {{australia-scientist-stub