International Union for Quaternary Research

Encouraging Research on Quaternary Science

Encouraging Research on Quaternary Science

Established in 1928, INQUA is committed to promoting collaborations among scientists around the world. It places special emphasis on assisting the involvement of early career & developing country researchers in international projects. INQUA continues to encourage Quaternary associations around the world to join its 44 national & regional Members in an on-going bid to be all-inclusive.

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INQUA Congress 2019: Dublin

The INQUA Congress 2019 will be held in Dublin, Ireland from 25 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2019.

Further information and contacts now available.

XX INQUA Congress Details

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INQUA Executive Committee Meeting 2018 in Beijing, China

The 2018 INQUA Executive Committee Meeting was held from 10 to 15 March in partnership with the Chinese Association for Quaternary Research (CHIQUA).

Call For Nominations For 2019 Award: The INQUA Distinguished Service Medal

Call For Nominations For 2019 Award: The INQUA Distinguished Service Medal for individuals with a recognized record of sustained and outstanding contributions to INQUA. Closing date for nominations: 28th September 2018.

Postdoctoral researcher position in Quaternary Palaeoecology and other positions

Postdoctoral researcher position in Quaternary Palaeoecology and other positions

Call For Nominations For 2019 Award: The Liu Tungsheng Distinguished Career Medal

Call For Nominations For 2019 Award: The Liu Tungsheng Distinguished Career Medal for outstanding contributions to Quaternary science. Closing date for nominations: 28th September 2018.

Call for nominations for 2019 award: The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientists

Call for nominations (2019): The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal

Dr. Chenxi Xu, appointed ECR representative for TERPRO Commission

We are happy to inform that Dr. Chenxi Xu has been appointed as our new ECR representative for TERPRO

LacCore/CSDCO Drilling and Coring Summer Institute (DCSI)

The Drilling and Coring Summer Institute (DCSI), a nine-day comprehensive training course.

INQUA-PAGES ECR conference: Impacts of sea-level rise from past to future (iSLR18)

DEADLINE EXTENDED: 1 May 2018!. INQUA and PAGES will conduct a four-day conference for early-career researchers, titled "Impacts of sea-level rise from past to future (iSLR18)", in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from 26-29 August 2018.

PAGES Young Scientist Meeting 2017 In Morillo De Tou

This is a guest post by Florian Muthreich, PhD student at the Department of Biology, University of Bergen.

Call For TERPRO ECR Representative

We are looking for a new TERPRO representative for the INQUA-ECR Committee, during the present inter-congress period.

International Focus Group On Tephrochronology And Volcanism (INTAV)

INTAV is an International focus group within INQUA that has been both a driver and vehicle for one of the major avenues for the advancement of Quaternary science in recent times.

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. INQUA has five Commissions. For more information, click on the link below.

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Current Commissions

Upcoming Meetings

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Crossing New Frontiers: Tephra Hunt in Transylvania

INTAV inter-congress meeting 2018 in Brasov, Romania

Cheile Grădiștei (Romania)
24 Jun 2018 - 29 Jun 2018

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9th PATA Days

9th WORKSHOP ON PALEOSEISMOLOGY, ACTIVE TECTONICS AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY

Thessaloniki (Greece)
25 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2018

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The INTIMATE Example Palaeoclimate Research Training School

A week of field, class and lab-based activities centred around coring Lac de Retournemer.

Vosges (France)
08 Jul 2018 - 14 Jul 2018

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AFQUA: The African Quaternary

AFQUA brings developed and developing world researchers together to discuss progress in studies of the Quaternary period (the last 2.6 million years) in Africa.

National Museum of Kenya (Kenya)
14 Jul 2018 - 22 Jul 2018

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QUASAP WORKSHOP 2018: Yukon Quaternary Soils: Factors-Processes-Interactions

Whitehorse - Kluane Lake - Dawson - Whitehorse, July 28 - August 4, 2018

Kluane Lake Research Station (Canada)
28 Jul 2018 - 04 Aug 2018

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EGU training school for early-career scientists

Glaciers, moraines and climate: Challenges of identifying, dating and extracting palaeoclimatic data from former glacier fluctuations

Inchnadamph Hotel (Scotland)
13 Aug 2018 - 16 Aug 2018

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Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present (iSLR18)

ECR meeting 2018: Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present

Utrecht Science Park ‘De Uithof’ (The Netherlands)
26 Aug 2018 - 29 Aug 2018

Executive, Council, Members & Honorary Life Members

Executive

The INQUA Executive Committee is the Union’s presiding body.

Executive Committee

International Council

Approves INQUA’s remit, business, policies, organisation, statutes & byelaws.

Council & Statutes

INQUA Members

National & regional members & many thousands of scientists from around the world.

INQUA Life Fellows

This is a list of Honorary Life Fellows of INQUA from across the world.

Honorary Life Fellows

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