Robert M. Carter | |
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| Born | Robert Merlin Carter 9 March 1942 Reading, England |
| Died | 19 January 2016 (aged 73) Townsville, Australia |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Bob |
| Citizenship | British, Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Otago, University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Hochstetter Lecturer, Geological Society of New Zealand (1975), Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Earth Science, Geology, Paleontology |
| Institutions | University of Otago, University of Adelaide, James Cook University |
| Thesis | The Functional Morphology of Bivalved Mollusca (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | M. J. S. Rudwick |
Robert Merlin Carter (9 March 1942 – 19 January 2016) was an English palaeontologist, stratigrapher and marine geologist. He was professor and head of the School of Earth Sciences at James Cook University in Australia from 1981 to 1998,[1][2] and was prominent in promoting anthropogenic climate change denial.[3][4]
- ^ "Robert M. Carter". Community of Science. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Death of Prof Bob Carter". James Cook University. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Mark Davis (1 September 2008). The Land Of Plenty: Australia In The 2000s. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-0-522-85909-6.
- ^ Riley E. Dunlap; Aaron M. McCright (18 August 2011). "2.8 International diffusion of Climate Change Denial". In John S. Dryzek; Richard B. Norgaard; David Schlosberg (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. OUP Oxford. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-19-956660-0.