Prof. Ian R Plimer

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Academic Qualifications

B.Sc.(Hons) University of New South Wales
Ph.D. Macquarie University

Ian Rutherford Plimer (born February 12, 1946) is an Australian geologist, academic and businessman. He is a critic of creationism and of the scientific consensus that global warming is driven by anthropogenic CO2 . He has published approximately 60 academic papers and six books, including his book on the global warming debate, Heaven and Earth — Global Warming: The Missing Science. He is a director of three mining companies.

Plimer is critical of what he sees as an irrational environmental movement and believes that the vast bulk of the scientific community, including most major scientific academies, is prejudiced by the prospect of research funding.

He has characterised the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change so: "The IPCC process is related to environmental activism, politics and opportunism" and "[the IPCC process] is unrelated to science".

He is critical of greenhouse gas politics and argues that extreme environmental changes are inevitable. These views prompted Phillip Adams of The Australian to describe him as a "denialist poster-boy".

Awards and Honours

Member, Advisory Council for the NSW Minister for Primary Industries
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Fellow, Australian Institute of Geoscientists
Honorary Fellow, The Geological Society
Member, The Geological Society of Australia
Member, The Royal Society of South Australia
Member, The Royal Society of NSW
Member, The Royal Society of Victoria
Life Member, Society for Geology Appplied to Ore Deposits
Daley Prize (for communication of science) 1994
Goldfields Prize for best paper in Institution of Mining and Metallurgy 1994
Eureka Prize (for promotion of science) 1995
Australian Humanist of the Year 1995
Leopold von Buch Plakette 1998
Eureka Prize (for best science book) 2002
Centenary Medal 2003
The Clarke Medal 2004
Rio Tinto Award for Mining Excellence 2005
Sir Willis Connelly Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2006
Patron, Mineralogical Society of Victoria
Patron, GeoCentre Museum (Broken Hill)
Patron, Lifeline (Broken Hill)

Refereed Papers

Spry, P. M., Plimer, I. R. and Teale, G. S. 2007: Did the giant Broken Hill (Australia) Zn-Pb-Ag deposit melt? Ore Geology Reviews 23: 449-466

Plimer, I. R. 2006: Manganoan garnet rocks associated with the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag orebody, Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology 88: 443-478.

Ashley, P. M., Lawie, D., Cook, N. D. J., Lottermoser, B.G. and Plimer, I. R., 1995; Geology of the Olary Block. Dept. Mines and Energy South Australia, Report 95/6, 51pp.

Bierlein, F. P., Ashley, P. M. and Plimer, I. R., 1995: Sulphide mineralisation in the Olary Block, South Australia. Evidence for syn-tectonic to late-stage mineralisation. Mineralium Deposita 30, 424-438.

Bierlein, F. P., Foster, D. A. and Plimer, I. R., 1996: Tectonothermal implications of laser 40Ar/39Ar ages of sulphide-bearing veins and their host rocks in the Willyama Supergroup, South Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology 58, 1-22.

Bierlein, F. P., Haack, U., Förster, B. and Plimer, I. R., 1996: Lead isotope study on hydrothermal sulfide mineralisation in the Willyama Supergroup, Olary Block, South Australia. Aust. Jour. Earth Sci.43, 177-187.

Lu, J., Plimer, I. R., Forster, D. A. and Lottermoser, B. G., 1996: Multiple post-orogenic reactivation in the Olary Block, South Australia: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar dating of pegmatite muscovite. Internat. Geol. Rev. 38, 655-685.

Haack, U. and Plimer, I. R., 1998: Zum Stoffbestand der Kupferschieferschlacked im Raume Mansfeld-Hettstedt-Eisleben. Mitt. Geol. Saschen-Anhalt 4, 153-162.

Kucha, H., Plimer, I. R. and Stumpfl, E. F., 1998: Geochemistry and mineralogy of gold and PGE's in mesothermal and epithermal deposits and their bearing on metal recovery. Fizykochem. Problem. Metal. 32, 7-30.

Reeves, S. J., Plimer, I. R. and Foster, D., 1999: Exploitation of gold in historic sewage sludge stockpile, Werribee, Australia: resource evaluation, chemical extraction and subsequent utilisation of sludge. Jour. Geochem. Explor. 65, 141-153.

Snoek, W., Plimer, I. R., and Reeves, S., 1999: Application of Pb isotope geochemistry to the study of the corrosion products of archaeological artefacts to constrain provenance. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 66, 421-425.

Kucha, H. and Plimer, I. R., 1999: Gold in organic matter, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Economic Geology 74, 1173-1180.

Hibbs, D. E., Jury, C. M., Leverett, P., Plimer, I. R. and Williams, P. A., 2000: An explanation for the origin of hemihedrism in wulfenite: single crystal structures of I41/a and I4. Min. Mag. 64, 1027-1032.

Jury, C. M., Leverett, P., Williams, P. A., Plimer, I. R. and Hibbs, D. E., 2001: The status of 'chillagite'. Aust. J. Mineral. 7 (1), 39.

Collier, J. B. and Plimer, I. R., 2002: Supergene clinobisvanite pseudomorphs after supergene dreyerite from Lively's Mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 2002, 401-410.

Plimer, I. R., Besley, R.E. and Brugger, J., 2002: Kasolite from the British Empire Mine, Arkaroola, South Australia. Aust. Mineral. 8, 2, 75-79

Conor, C. H. H., Ashley, P. M., Bierlein, F. P., Cook, N. D. J., Crooks, A. F., Lawie, D. C., Plimer, I. R., Preiss, W. V., Robertson, R. S. and Skirrow, R. G., 2004: Geology of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province, South Australia. PIRSA Report 2004/8, 75pp.

Conor, C.H.H., Preiss, W. V., Plimer, I. R., Ashley, P.M., Stevens, B. P. J. and Page, R., 2005. Discussion on detachment faulting and bimodal magmatism in the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup, south-central Australia: keys to recognition of a multiply deformed Precambrian metamorphic core complex. Jour. Geol. Soc. London 165, 409-416.

Long, Ngaire, Brugger, Joël, McPhail, "Bear" and Plimer, Ian, 2005: An active amagmatic hydrothermal system: the Paralana hot springs, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Chemical Geology 222, 1-2, 35-64.

Plimer, I. R., 2006: Manganoan garnet rocks associated with the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag orebody, Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology 88, 443-478.
Refereed Conference Papers

Plimer, I. R., Lu, J., Foster, D. and Kleeman, J. D., 1995: Ar-Ar dating of multiphase mineralisation associated with the Mole Granite. In Mineral Deposits: From their origin to their environmental impacts (Eds J. Pasava, B. K?íbek and Zák, Balkema, 497-500.

Kleeman, J. D., Plimer, I. R., Lu, J., Foster, D. A. and Davidson, R., 1997: Timing of thermal and mineralisation events associated with the Mole Granite, New South Wales. In Tectonics and Metallogenesis of the New England Orogen (Eds P. M. Ashley and P. G. Flood). Geol. Soc. Aust. Special publication 19, 254-265.

Besley, R. E. and Plimer, I. R., 1999: The Ivanhoe Embayment of the Murray Basin. In The Murray Basin (Ed R. Stewart). Aust. Inst. Geoscientists Bull. 26, 10-14.

Gallacher, A. and Plimer, I. R., 2000: The origin of fault zone minerals at Broken Hill. Jour. Proc. Roy. Soc. NSW 133, 14-15.

Plimer, I. R., 2000: Excursion guide. M and M4 excursion to Broken Hill. Museum of Victoria, 27pp.

Kucha, H. and Plimer, I. R., 2001: Au silicates from mesothermal gold deposits. In: Mineral deposits at the beginning of the 21st Century (Ed. A. Pietstryznski), 775-778.

Plimer, I. R., 2001: Science contre créationnisme en Australie. In: Intrusions spiritualistes et impostures intellectuelles en sciences (Eds. J. Dubessy and G. Lecointre). Éditions Syllepse, 271-278.

Plimer, I. R., Blampain, P., Collier, J and Patchett, A., 2003: CML 7 (The South Mine), Broken Hill, Australia. In Peljo, M., editor, The Broken Hill Exploration initiative: Abstracts for the September 2003 Conference. Geoscience Australia Records 2003/13, 132-135.

Plimer, I. R., 2006: Goldschmidt Conference Excursion guide to Broken Hill. Goldschmidt Symposium, 129 pp.

Blampain, P. and Plimer, I. R., 2006: The Western Mineralisation - Rasp Mine. In Korsch, R. J. and Barnes, R. G., compilers, 2006. The Broken Hill Exploration initiative: Abstratcts for the September 2006 Conference. Geoscience Australia Records 2006/21, 8-13.

Plimer, I. R., 2006: Hydrothermal alteration at Broken Hill. In Korsch, R. J. and Barnes, R. G., compilers, 2006. The Broken Hill Exploration initiative: Abstracts for the September 2006 Conference. Geoscience Australia Records 2006/21, 138-144.

Spry, P. G., Plimer, I. R. and Teale, G. S., 2006: Partial melting of the Broken Hill lead-zinc-silver deposit: Fact or fiction? In Korsch, R. J. and Barnes, R. G., compilers, 2006. The Broken Hill Exploration initiative: Abstracts for the September 2006 Conference. Geoscience Australia Records 2006/21, 161-165.
Books

Plimer, I. R., 1994: Telling lies for God (Random House, ISBN 0 09 183852 X), 303pp.

Plimer, I. R., 1997. A journey through stone (Reed, ISBN 0 7301 0499 0), 176pp.

Plimer, I. R., 1997: Mineral collecting localities of the Broken Hill, Tibooburra and White Cliffs areas (Peacock, ISBN 0 909209 73 1), 144pp.

Plimer, I. R., 2000: Milos - geologic history (Koan, ISBN 960-7586-43-3), 261 pp.

Plimer, I. R., 2001: A short history of planet Earth (ABC Books, ISBN 0 7333 1004 4), 250pp.

Sharwood, J., Khun, M., Gregory, E., Holland, J., Jones, C., Kennedy, J-L, Plimer, I., Styles, S., Taylor, N., Vlakos, P., Werry, J. and Willis, J., 2004: Science Edge. Thomson Nelson.

Selley, R. C., Cocks, L. R. M. and Plimer, I. R., 2005: Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier Press, Vol. 1 (594pp), Vol. 2 (545pp), Vol. 3 (659 pp), Vol. 4 (692 pp) and Vol. 5 (807 pp).
Unrefereed Journal Articles

Plimer, I. R., 2003: The past is the key to the present. IPA Review 55, 9-13.
Chapters in Books

MacNamara, G., Chalmers, R. O., Birch, W.D. and Plimer, I. R., 1999: The Identities and Their Minerals. In: The Minerals of Broken Hill (Ed W. D. Birch). p.34-57. Museum of Victoria/Broken Hill City Council.

Plimer, I. R., 1999: The Making of the Minerals. In: The Minerals of Broken Hill (Ed. W. D. Birch). 70-87.Museum of Victoria/Broken Hill City Council.

Plimer, I. R., 2003: As old as the hills, p. 124-144, in Chesworth, A., Hill, S., Lipovsky, K., Snyder, E. and Chapworth, W. Darwin Day Collection One, The single best idea ever, Tangled Bank Press, 466ppp.

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AUSTRALIAN academic Ian Plimer has travelled to Copenhagen to argue humans are not damaging the climate

The well-known geologist and author from the University of Adelaide travelled to the scene of the UN climate conference to question whether the world was warming.

"It's been freezing in Perth and bucketing down," Professor Plimer said after his lecture.

The UN's weather body, the World Meteorological Organisation, yesterday announced the last decade was likely to be the hottest on record.

But Prof Plimer, author of the recent best-selling book, Heaven and Earth, which questioned human-induced climate change, said: "One swallow doesn't make a summer."

He did not make it inside the official climate conference venue, instead giving his speech to a rival conference organised by a US lobby group in central Copenhagen.

"Heretics are not allowed," he said of the UN conference.

He told the rival conference he remembered summers when he was a child being much warmer.

Prof Plimer said he was in Copenhagen to try to stop the world engaging in the "global collective madness" of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by clamping down on economic development.

He said the climate had always changed and it was erroneous to blame emissions from people. Other factors, like the sun, the earth's orbit and extraterrestrial factors, could be responsible.

Meanwhile, a draft deal hatched at the official Copenhagen climate conference, and leaked to a UK newspaper, would see Australia green up its actions on global warming.

If the deal goes ahead, Australia will have to slash its greenhouse emissions by 25 per cent in a decade, quadruple spending on climate-friendly research and axe subsidies to fossil fuels.