I have spent 30 years as either an academic or a professional geologist. I have both a BSc and a PhD in geology. I no longer do consultancy work, but as a teacher I am still involved in geology. In particular, I know an awful lot about the geology of Lebanon (just try a Google on ‘geology’ and ‘Lebanon’).

Currently I teach A and AS level geology at Gorseinon College and take local field trips to look at the excellent geology on the Gower Peninsula.

I am also an Adjunct Professor in geology at Wheaton College, Illinois. I ran two field trips for their students in Lebanon/Syria/Jordan, and would like to do this again, circumstances permitting.

I have written widely on the geology of Lebanon and the eastern Mediterranean. Some of my papers on the geology of Lebanon are on the web. These include an introduction to the geology of Lebanon, The Geology of Lebanon, which is still the best short summary of what is a very poorly known area. I also wrote a paper on the Lithostratigraphy of Lebanon, which is posted here in pdf format as the original seems impossible to get hold of otherwise.

A few typical publications include:

• WALLEY, C. D., 1985. Depositional history of southern Tunisia and north-western Libya in Mid and Late Jurassic time. Geological Magazine, 122, 233 247.
• WALLEY, C. D., 1988. A braided strike-slip model for the northern continuation of the Dead Sea Fault and its implications for Levantine tectonics. Tectonophysics, 145, 63-72.
• WALLEY, C. D., 1998. Some outstanding issues in the geology of Lebanon and their importance in the tectonic evolution of the Levantine region. Tectonophysics, 298, 1-3, 37-62.
• WALLEY, C. D., 1998. From oceanic promontory to continental interior: the 40 million history of the desiccation of Arabia. In Past, Present and Future of the Middle East Desert, Conference Proceedings: Al Abhath Al-Yarmouk, 7, 95-146.
• WALLEY, C. D., 2000. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleogeographic Maps of the Lebanon Area. In G. Stampfli, G Borel, W. Cavazza, J. Mosar and P.A. Ziegler, The Paleotectonic Atlas of the Peritethyan Domain: European Geophysical Society CD-ROM.
• WALLEY, C. D., 2001. The Lebanon passive margin and the evolution of the Levantine Neo-Tethys: In P. A. Ziegler, W. Cavazza, A. H. Robertson and S. D. Crasquin-Soleau (eds.), Peri-Tethyan Rift–wrench basins and passive margins IGCP 369 results. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Peri-Tethys Mémoire 6.
• WALLEY, C.D., 2001. Various articles in The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Environmental Change. Ed. J. A. Matthews; Arnold.

Tethyan Paleogeographic Maps of the Tethys: IGCP 369

Reports for the A Rocha Lebanon project in the Bekaa Valley, the Aammiq Wetland.