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, Western Australia, Albany an ...

. 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 and ...

University of New England, Australia The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in Australia with approximately 22,500 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern central New South Wales. UNE was the first ...

Canberra University The University of Canberra (UC) is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and from Canberra's Civic Centre. UC ...

, University of Papua New Guinea, 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 nor ...

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

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. 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
'' Energy & Environment'', 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