International Union for Quaternary Research

Promoting Research on Quaternary Science

Promoting Research on Quaternary Science

Established in 1928, INQUA is committed to facilitating 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 Commissions

Early Career Research

Funding & Awards

Meetings & Events

Publications

Latest News

Latest News

PAGES-INQUA ECR Workshop on Past Socio-Environmental Systems - 2nd circular

PASES2020

PASES 2020 website

PASES website

PATA Days in Chile & other interesting meetings

Updates on the PATA Days website and deadlines, the joint IGCP639 & ITFS meeting, and the 6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology in Slovenia

6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology: Seas, Lakes and Rivers

The meeting is dedicated to researchers working on Quaternary geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy and related subjects.

New ECR email address

We want to hear from you!

Int'l Summer School Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments, spring 2021, Suwalki, NE Poland

Summer School: Glacial Megaflood Landforms & Sediments

INQUA PERIBALTIC Working Group Int'l Field Symposium: Quaternary evolution of the Eastern Baltic region: from glaciations and interglacials to the recent global warming, 4-10 October 2020

Peribaltic WG Symposium

PAGES-INQUA workshop

PASES: Past Socio-Environmental Systems

New ECR Representatives

New ECR Representatives

New TERPRO ECR representatives

New TERPRO ECRs: Francesca Ferrario and Guido Stefano Mariani

Quaternary International 500, a milestone to be celebrated

Quaternary International 500, an extra-Special Issue of the official journal from the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA).

CONFERENCE: FROM THE NORTH SEA LOWLANDS TO THE CELTIC SHELF EDGE: RECONSTRUCTING INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PAST 500 KYRS

Interdisciplinary conference on Middle-Pleistocene to Late-Holocene geological processes and landscape development from the North Sea to the Celtic Margin. November 18th to 20th 2019 at Media Plaza in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

INQUA is glad to announce the results of Commission Officer elections for the 2019-2023 inter-congress period.

The voting period for the Commission Officer elections took place from 15th January to 1st February, where commission members had the opportunity to elect their representatives for the 2019-2023 inter-congress period.

ISLR18 Conference: Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present

The first INQUA-PAGES Conference for Early-Career Researchers 2018 was a complete success

INQUA at International Science Council (ISC)

INQUA at International Science Council (ISC)

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).

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.

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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TURQUA (The Quaternary Symposium of Turkey)

The Quaternary Symposium of Turkey (TURQUA) in İstanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
31 Mar 2020 - 04 Apr 2020

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SEPM International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress

Society for Sedimentary Geology

High Country Conference Center (US)
26 Apr 2020 - 29 Apr 2020

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SSA Annual Meeting

Seismological Society of America

Albuquerque Convention Center (US)
27 Apr 2020 - 30 Apr 2020

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EGU General Assembly 2020

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Austria Center Vienna (Austria)
03 May 2020 - 08 May 2020

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INQUA PERIBALTIC Working Group Int'l Field Symposium, 4-10 October 2020

Quaternary evolution of the Eastern Baltic region: from glaciations and interglacials to the recent global warming

Eastern Baltic coast (Latvia)
09 May 2020 - 15 May 2020

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Int'l Summer School Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments

Int'l Summer School Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments

Gościniec pod strzechą (Poland)
24 May 2020 - 28 May 2020

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PalaeoArc 2020

2nd International Conference on ‘Processes and Palaeo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present (PalaeoArc)’

Earth Sciences Department of the University of Pisa (Italy)
25 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

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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