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 University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

. He was formerly at

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

University of New England, Australia The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1938, it was the first Australian university to be established outside of a state capital. Its main campus is located in the regional city of ...

, 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 (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

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

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It 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 ...

. 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

20th-century Australian geologists Academic staff of the University of Western Australia Living people Australian geomorphologists 1931 births Academic staff of the University of Papua New Guinea Academic staff of the Australian National University Academic staff of the University of New England (Australia) {{australia-scientist-stub