INQUA Commissions

INQUA's basic goal - promoting improved communication and international collaboration in basic and applied aspects of Quaternary research - is achieved mainly through the activities of its commissions and committees.


INQUA Commissions 2011-2015

INQUA has five Commissions. For more information contact the INQUA Commission Presidents directly (e-mail address below) or the Secretary General Dr Julius Lejju.

Coastal and marine processes [CMP] President: Roland Gehrels (UK)
e-mail: w.r.gehrels@plymouth.ac.uk
Palaeoclimate [PALCOMM] President: Sandy Harrison (Australia)
e-mail: sandy.harrison@mq.edu.au
Humans and Biosphere [HaBCom] President: Nicki Whitehouse (UK)
e- mail: n.whitehouse@qub.ac.uk
Stratigraphy and Chronology [SACCOM] President: Philip Gibbard (UK)
e-mail: plg1@cam.ac.uk
Terrestrial Processes, Deposits and History [TERPRO] President: Alessandro Michetti (Italy)
e.mail: alessandro.michetti@uninsubria.i

President's reports of the Commissions can be downloaded here:

CMP 2012 President's report

PALCOMM 2013 President's report


Intercongress Reports (2007-2011) of the Commissions can be downloaded here:

intercongress Palcomm report 2007-2011

intercongress HabCom report 2007-2011

intercongress CMP report 2007-2011

intercongress TERPRO report 2007-2011