Cliff Ollier

{{Short description|Geologist, geomorphologist, soil scientist, and author}}

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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. He was formerly at Australian National University, University of New England, Australia, Canberra University, University of Papua New Guinea, and University of Melbourne.Lavoisier Group [http://www.lavoisier.com.au/papers/Conf2008/Workshop2008prog.html Web Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720195555/http://www.lavoisier.com.au/papers/Conf2008/Workshop2008prog.html |date=20 July 2008 }}

In the late 1950s he worked on a soil survey in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Uganda.{{Cite journal|title=The Inselbergs of Uganda |journal=Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie|last=Ollier|first=C.D.|volume=4|pages=43–52|issue=1|year=1960|author-link=Cliff Ollier}}

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.C. D. Ollier, Weathering, The Oxford Companion to the Earth. Ed. Paul Hancock and Brian J. Skinner. Oxford University Press, 2000