Jan 12: “Volcanoes of Italy”
Dr. Tony Waltham: Retired Senior Lecturer, University of Nottingham, UK, Award-Winning Geologist, Author, and Lecturer
Monday, January 12, 2026, 3:00-4:00 pm
To be followed by informal discussion.
Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom
13715 E. Langtry Lane
After a rich career of geological research around the world and lecturing at the University of Nottingham on mining and engineering geology, Tony Waltham is sharing his expertise and adventures with diverse audiences, including the passengers on Viking Cruise Lines’ Ocean Voyages. Between trips, he’s coming to ASA for a special series of lectures and discussions on geology illustrated with his own spectacular photographs.
In his first lecture, Dr. Waltham will discuss different kinds of volcanoes with different eruption styles, using Italy as his example. These avenues to the inside of the Earth are endlessly fascinating to us. Dr. Waltham begin with Sicily’s Mt. Etna, Europe’s most active large volcano, which many of us are lucky enough to have seen “spouting” on Mediterranean cruises. Off the north coast of Sicily, Stromboli is famous for its frequent modest eruptions, while nearby Vulcano has become a tourist attraction! Further north, Vesuvius is currently quiet but has produced great eruptions in the past, especially during that hyperactive 24 hours in AD 79. On the other side of Naples, Campi Flegrei is perhaps the least known but potentially the most devastating of the nation’s eruptive hot-spots.
Photo Credit: Dr. Tony Waltham
Photo Credit: Dr. Tony Waltham