Forthcoming Meetings of Interest
If you have a forthcoming meeting that you would like to publicize on this Web page, please e-mail the request and meeting details to the TERPRO Webmaster at: dkrohling@santafe-conicet.gov.ar, dkrohli@gmail.com

 

8th INT. WORKSHOP ON PALEOSEISMOLOGY,
ACTIVE TECTONICS AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY - 8 th PATA Days
Harihari, West Coast, New Zealand; Monday 13th - Thursday 16th November, 2017.

The 8th PATA Days will be the main event for the IFG EGSHaz in 2017, supported by TERPRO-INQUA, GNS Science, the New Zealand Earthquake Commission (EQC), and AF8. The year 2017 marks the tricentenary of the last great (Mw >= 8.0) earthquake on the Alpine Fault. There is a 30% likelihood that the next great earthquake on the Alpine fault will occur within the next 50 years.

The meeting will be held in Blenheim, at the top of the South Island, at the northern end of the Marlborough Fault System and 30 km above the southern Hikurangi subduction zone. The first full day of the meeting will be a field trip to view some of the northern fault ruptures of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. This will be followed by three days of talks and presentations at conference venues in Ward and Blenheim. Meeting attendees are advised to arrive in Blenheim by the 12th November, and to arrange accommodation in Blenheim for 5 nights (12th-17th November). There will also be an optional post-meeting field trip from Friday 17th - Sunday 19th November. The post-meeting field trip will start in Blenheim and finish in Christchurch.

Key Dates

Abstract submission: to be advised.

Registration: to be advised.

Monday 13th - Thursday 16th November: PATA Days 2017, Blenheim, New Zealand

This includes:

Monday 13th: Field trip to the northern fault ruptures of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes (transport provided to/from Blenheim)

Tuesday 14th: Meeting presentations (oral & posters) in Ward, including a community engagement event to mark the 1-year anniversary of the Kaikoura earthquake (transport provided to/from Blenheim)

Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th: Meeting presentations (oral & posters) in the Marlborough Convention Centre, Blenheim.

Friday 17th - Sunday 19th November: Post-meeting field trip (field trip will start in Blenheim and finish in Christchurch). The schedule for this is yet to be arranged but will encompass some of the southern fault ruptures of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. The field trip will end in Christchurch late on the 19th November. Post-meeting field trip participants are advised to arrange travel to leave Christchurch International Airport on the 20th November, 2017.


More information is available at: http://www.gns.cri.nz/PATA

Conveners: R. Langridge (R.Langridge@gns.cri.nz) and K. Clark (K.Clark@gns.cri.nz); New Zealand.


Past Announced Meetings supported by TERPRO

GEODUST 2016 - GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DUST SOURCES AND DYNAMICS
OF DUST EMISSION FROM DIFFERENT GEOMORPHIC UNIT
Tropos, Leipzig, Germany; 21-22 November, 2016

The 1st meeting of the GEODUST Int. Focus Group of TERPRO Comm. is organized with the support of Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, the Geological Survey of Israel and the Universita degli Studi di Milano. The investigation of field and remote sensing geomorphology of dust sources and dynamics of dust emission are the main scientific issues of the GEODUST FG.

The meeting will include a brief presentation of the IFG, invited talks, and short presentations from the participants. The main outcome of the meeting will be a shared strategy to investigate the above-mentioned topics and the build up of a network of researches interested in the relationships between dust, geomorphology, and climate change.

There is no registration fee for the meeting.
INQUA Grants are available for partially support the participation of post-graduate students, young researchers and scientists from low GDP countries will be available.

Deadline for abstracts submission: November 9th 2016.

Deadline for submission of application for travel grant: October 10th, 2016.

To download the first circular click here

Contact: andrea.zerboni@unimi.it (A. Zerboni).

Organizing and scientific committee: A. Zerboni (Universita degli Studi di Milano), O. Crouvi (Geological Survey of Israel), K. Schepanski (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research) and F. Eckardt (University of Cape Town).



FAULT DISPLACEMENT HAZARDS ANALYSIS WORKSHOP
U.S. Geol. Survey Campus, Menlo Park, CA, USA; 8-9 December, 2016


The goal of this workshop, proposed in the framework of 1620R TERPRO-INQUA project, is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders interested in the topic of fault displacement and discuss issues pertaining to Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis (FDHA). Workshop themes will include:
- Progress towards a worldwide database of surface rupturing earthquakes for use in Fault Rupture Displacement Analysis.
- Lessons learned from recent surface rupturing earthquakes.
- Case studies and advances in approaches for fault displacement hazard analysis.
- Future directions: Advancing fault rupture and displacement hazard analysis from research topics to the state-of-practice.

The workshop is timed to be held prior to the 2016 AGU session ''Towards a unified and worldwide database of earthquake surface ruptures''. It will offer additional opportunities to share research and continue discussion following the workshop.

To download the flyer click here

Contacts: T. Dawson (timothy.dawson@conservation.ca.gov), S. Baize (stephane.baize@irsn.fr ) and F. Cinti (francesca.cinti@ingv.it) (before August 31, 2016).
Organizing committee: S. Baize (IRSN, France), T. Dawson (CGS, USA), D. Schwartz (USGS, USA), F. Cinti (INGV, Italy)



SURFACE INQUA PROJECT SESSION:
"TOWARDS A UNIFIED AND WORLDWIDE DATABASE OF EARTHQUAKE SURFACE RUPTURES"
AGU Fall Meeting; San Francisco, USA; 12-16 December, 2016
This session is proposed in the framework of 1620R TERPRO-INQUA project and IAEA project with the aim of using the updated database for a robust calibration of PFDHA attenuation parameters.

The session will address issues related to surface rupture hazard which can result in damage to structures located nearby active faults. Recent earthquakes have shown that distributed surface faulting can be of engineering significance, even for moderate quakes. In the probabilistic approach (PFDHA), the attenuation term describing the decrease of displacement with distance is based on sparsely populated databases. There is thus a need to build a worldwide, unified and standardized dataset with an improved spatial completeness and a broad magnitude range.

It is encouraged contributions that provide field data on earthquake ruptures, explore the impact of "site-specific" conditions such as surficial geology, develop remote sensing techniques to enrich the dataset based on classical field measurements, and present how uncertainties are treated.

Session link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session13523.html

Abstract deadline: 3 August, 11:59 P.M. EDT.


Conveners: S. Baize (France), T. Dawson (USA), K. Sugaya and M. Takao (Japan).
EX-AQUA 2016 "PALAEOHYDROLOGICAL EXTREME EVENTS:
EVIDENCE AND ARCHIVES"
Padova, Italy; 26 September - 1 October, 2016






This conference is sponsored by the TERPRO Commission (EX-AQUA project) and organized by the Department of Geosciences of Padova University and AIQUA (Italian Association for Quaternary Sciences), with the patronage of AIGeo (Italian Association of Physical Geography and Geomorphology).

The meeting in Padova will consist of an afternoon welcome session, 2 full days of oral and poster presentations about palaeohydrological events, their archives and the methodology to recognize, describe and date their evidence. The conference will be followed by a 3-days fieldtrip aimed at discussing methodology and results applied in selected case studies dealing with extreme events in the Venetian-Friulian Plain, the southern Alps, the Classical Karst and Istria Peninsula.

You can submit abstracts about oral or poster presentations related to the main following topics of suggested sessions:
- Holocene hydrological events and climate change
- Historical flood events and chronology
- Geochronology of palaeohydrological events: methods and results
- Events, phases or periods of flooding and drought: recognition and distinction
- Human impact and societal resilience: Geoarchaeology & Palaeohydrology
- Quaternary fluvial system evolution and flood/drought variations
- Weather, climate and chronicles: temporal series and archives
- Palaeoenvironmental analyses and palaeohydrology
- New techniques of relevance for palaeohydrological investigations

Deadline for abstracts submission: July 15th 2016.
Deadline for payment of early registration and fieldtrip fees: July 15th 2016.
Online registration is available via website of MV Congressi: http://mvcongressi.onlinecongress.it/Cod1764
To download the second circular click here
To download the abstract format click here
Conference E-mail: secretary.glocoph@gmail.com (Alessandro Fontana)

INQUA travel grants for young scientists (ECR) will be available for covering travel and accommodation costs or part of them.(see details in the circular).
Organizing Committee: A. Fontana, P. Mozzi, S. Rossato and N. Surian (University of Padova).

INQUA PERIBALTIC WORKING GROUP CONFERENCE
"QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF NORTH-CENTRAL POLAND:
FROM THE BALTIC COAST TO THE LGM LIMIT"

Wladyslawowo, Poland; 28 August - 2 September, 2016
  
  
  
This meeting is sponsored by the TERPRO Commission (The Peribaltic WG), the Committee for Quaternary Research of Polish Academy of Sciences and the Association of Polish Geomorphologists.

It will comprise two days conference in Wladyslawowo with introductory lectures, oral and poster sessions followed by four days field symposium. Scientific sessions will be: Quaternary landscapes and deposits. Methods of sedimentological and stratigraphical research. Coastal dynamics and sea-level change. Natural hazards and risk assessment. Excursion topics will be: Sandy barriers formed under sea-level rise and no-tide conditions. Pleistocene fluvial successions and record of deltaic sedimentation. Periglacial, glacial and glaciolacustrine sediments. The Late Weichselian glacigenic landscape in Poland.

End of registration: 31 May, 2016.
Third circular and abstract submission deadline: 15 June, 2016.
Papers submission deadline for Quaternary Int. Sp. Issue: 1 November, 2016.
More information at http://www.inqua2016.pl/
To download the 1st circular click here

Contact: D. Moskalewicz (Secretary). E-mail: geodm@ug.edu.pl
Organizing committee: R. Sokolowski, D. Moskalewicz, P. Wozniak (Univ. of Gdansk); W. Narloch, M. Jankowski, W. Wysota (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun) and P. Czubla (Univ. of Lodz).



INQUA EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER CONFERENCE AND SUMMER SCHOOL 2016:
"USING OBSERVATIONS AND MODELLING TO UNDERSTAND
PAST CLIMATE CHANGES"
University of Reading, UK; 5-9 September, 2016
This 5 day residential event at the University of Reading aims to bring together young researchers from the palaeo -observational and climate- modelling communities and show how their skills can complement each other. The conference will provide participants with the ability to use modelling tools and palaeo-observations to understand the dynamics of past climate changes. Participants will also present their own work through oral and poster presentations and will have a chance to network with their peers at social events.

Delegates will receive hands-on training in using and interpreting palaeoclimate models and proxy data-model comparison and will showcase their own work to their peers via oral and poster presentations.

You can register for the conference at: http://www.inquaecr2016.com/register.php
Abstract and funding application deadline: 5 July, 2016.
Registration deadline: 22 August, 2016.



7th INQUA WORKSHOP ON PALEOSEISMOLOGY, ACTIVE TECTONICS
AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY - 7th PATA Days
Crestone, Colorado, USA; 31 May - 4 June, 2016
The 7th PATA Days will be the first Workshop held in the USA. Since 2009 the PATA Workshops (in Spain, Greece, Mexico,Germany, South Korea, and Italy) have become the premier international exchange of new paleo- and archeoseismic methods and results. The Workshop also invites presentations on supporting studies such as Quaternary geochronology, shallow geophysics, and Seismic Hazard Analyses that rely heavily on paleoseismic input data. For 2016 PATA returns to the Western Hemisphere and to field areas where paleoseismology developed in the USA in the late 1970s. It will be held in the Town of Crestone, Colorado in the northern Rio Grande Rift.

Most Conference activities will be held on the Baca Campus of Colorado College. The Pre-Meeting Field Trip will be a drive from Denver to Crestone. The Intra-Meeting Field Trip will visit fault scarps within 10 km of Crestone. The Post-Meeting Field Trip will view neotectonic and climatic landforms of the Upper Arkansas graben.

The 1st PATA ROAD TRIP "FAULTS OF THE WILD WEST" will be from 24-30 May. The Road Trip is a 6-day, 2000 km loop led by Jim McCalpin to visit famous historic surface ruptures and earthquake-induced landslides of the "Wild West" of Utah-Idaho-Wyoming. Attendance limited to 15, first come-first served.

Abstracts Due: February 1, 2016
Pre-registration: March 1, 2016
Four-page extended abstracts: March 1, 2016
More information at www.pata-days.org.
To download the flyer click here

Organizer: J. McCalpin (USA).
Sponsored by: Crestone Science Center, GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc., INQUA, Adams State University, Colorado College and University of Colorado-Boulder.



. WORKSHOP OF THE INQUA SAm-GeoQuat FG
"INTERACTIONS BETWEEN QUATERNARY CLIMATIC FORCING, TECTONICS AND VOLCANISM ALONG DIFFERENT TECTONIC SETTINGS OF SOUTH AMERICA"
La Serena, Chile, 5-7th October, 2015
 
The closing meeting of the 1311 INQUA project is hosted at the XIV Chilean Geological Congress, one of the most important events for geoscientists in South America for 2015. This will be held in the coastal city of La Serena (yr. 1544, the second old city of Chile), in an area with good outcrops of Quaternary sequences.

The workshop (5th October) will be a space for discussion in order to enhance the exchange of information and strategies for the future objectives of geoscientists actively working in the Quaternary of South America. Also future activities of networking will be deeply discussed. Training activities through conferences of some specialists of the FG are planned for this meeting.

The central point for discussions will be the final edition of the special volume of Quaternary International that will collect some selected contributions presented in the previous meetings of the 1311 project. In general, these contributions are based on advances generated on the integrated analyses of the tectonic-volcanic vs. climatic interplay on the Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the target regions of the project (2013/2015).

A field trip (7th October) in the coastal area of La Serena is organized: "The coastal ridges and dunes of La Serena Norte, Coquimbo Bay, portraying the last 6000 years of coastal evolution" (J.P. Milana, Argentina, and A. Garcia, Chile; Leaders).

Partial travel grants for the participation of PhD students and ECRs will be covered by the 1311 INQUA project.

To download the grant application click here

More information is available at: www.congresogeologicochileno.cl

Organizer: D. Kröhling (dkrohli@gmail.com; Argentina).



4th WORKSHOP OF INQUA RAISIN PROJECT & IUSS
COMMISSION ON PALEOPEDOLOGY
"SOIL AND PALEOSOLS OF BRAZIL"
Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil,
23-29 August 2015
23 Aug: Welcome reception, Campinas, São Paulo.
24 Aug: Field trip to Poços de Caldas (MG): Tropical Soils (Ferralsols, Acrisols, Bauxite profiles, Kaolinitic soils)
                 Workshop presentations and discussion, Geoscience Institute (UNICAMP, University of Campinas), Campinas (SP).
25 Aug: Field Trip to Piracicaba and Itirapina (SP):Tropical Soils (Ferralsols, Acrisols, Lateritic profiles, Plinthosols)
                 Workshop presentations and discussion, UNICAMP.
26 Aug: Workshop presentations and discussion, UNICAMP.
27 Aug: Field Trip to Cananéia (SP): Tropical Podzols in the coastal area of Cananéia.
28 Aug: Field Trip to Ilha Comprida (SP): Quaternary Podzol Chronosequence
29 Aug: Return to Campinas via São Paulo Airport.

Registration and abstract submission deadline: 15 July 2015.
Website: https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/94442.
To download the flyer click here.

Local Organizers: A. Batezelli and F.S. B. Ladeira (Brazil).



TERPRO BUSINESS MEETING - XIX INQUA CONGRESS
Nagoya, Japan; 28 July 2015 (19:00 - 20.30)
TERPRO Business Meeting will be held on the Evening (19:00-20:30) on July 28 (Tue) at Room 431, and will focus on the new Commission structure and programs for the intercongress period 2015 - 2019.

We will present and discuss proposals for new IFG's and Projects, that will cover the most relevant issues in Quaternary Terrestrial Processes, Deposits, and History, that INQUA Scientific Community have identified as crucial scientific questions to be addressed in the next four years.

Our goal is to develop new criteria and methodological approaches in scientific fields where Quaternary geology is not well recognized and can play a major role, such as in rates of soil formation, earthquake hazards evaluation, flood hazard evaluation, mineral dust / loess as modifier of climate and ecology, mountain landscapes evolution, and groundwater processes. Commission projects therefore are requested to have a broad interdisciplinary perspective, and to involve a high proportion of early career scientists in leadership roles.




The XIX INQUA Congress will be held in Nagoya, Japan, July 27-August 2, 2015.
The Congress program will address the themes of the INQUA Commissions during 6 days of oral and poster sessions, plenary presentations, and side meetings. The scientific program will be garnished with social events at scenic spots, and of course, in the tradition of INQUA Congresses, with attractive field trips before, during, and after the Congress week.
Details about the Congress, including registration, accomodation, fieldtrips, scientific sessions, events, and abstract submission details will be found at http://inqua2015.jp/

The TERPRO Session List is at: http://convention.jtbcom.co.jp/inqua2015/session/index.html#terpro

The deadline for abstracts and financial support submissions is: 20 December 2014.
Early bird-registration: 28 February, 2015.
Field trip registration: 31 March, 2015

Contact: 2015inqua-sec@inqua2015.jp
To download the flyer click here











CONFERENCE ON GRADUALISM VS CATASTROPHISM IN LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
Barnaul, SW Siberia, Russia, 2-4 July 2015


This IAG Regional conference-2015 will be organized by IAG jointly with the Russian Association of Geomorphologists and will be hosted by the Altai State University (ASU). It is co-sponsored by the TERPRO Commission ( IFG Hazards and Humans).

The conference topics will be:
(i) Geomorphic processes (tectonic, igneous, surface, extraterrestrial), their magnitude-frequency relations and outcomes for shaping the landscape;
(ii) Rock and climatic control in geomorphology,
(iii) Cenozoic and Quaternary landscape evolution,
(iv) Geomorphology and man,
(v) Geomorphological techniques.

24-30 June: Pre-conference field trip "Tectonic geomorphology, seismogeology, geoarchaeology of the Baikal region".
2-4 July. IAG Regional Conference at the Altai State University.
5-11 July: Post-conference field trip "Russian Altai in the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene: Geomorphological catastrophes and landscape rebound".
IAG-TERPRO joint Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists and Quaternary Researchers (ICYG) will be held in the framework of the post-conference field trip in the form of discussions and seminars on the issues presented during the fieldtrip.

For more details see the conference website: http://iag2015.rurs.net/
To download the first circular click here

INQUA travel grants for graduate students and young scientists (ECR) will be available. Please find the application form in the Conference website. The form is to be sent before November 25, 2014 to the Conference mailbox.
Deadline for sessions: 1st February, 2015.
1st February, 2015: registration forms and abstracts due
31st March, 2015: registration fee and conference field trips payments.

Conference E-mail: iagconf2015@gmail.com
Main organizing committee: G. Baryshnikov, A. Bondarenko, Y. Vinokurov and A. Panin (Russia).



  

6th INQUA WORKSHOP ON ACTIVE TECTONICS, PALEOSEISMOLOGY AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY
Pescina, Fuscino Basin, Central Italy, 19-24 April 2015

The aim of the meeting is to celebrate the centenary of the 1915 M7 Fucino earthquake, that has been one of the most devastating earthquakes occurred in the Apennines. The earthquake produced extensive surface faulting and left a strong imprint in the landscape giving rise to an incredibly rich seismological, geological and paleoseismological amount of studies in the last century.

Scientific sessions will be attended in the unique historical and cultural atmosphere of the Pescina village, followed by 2 days-field trip in the Fucino and L'Aquila area, retracing on the field the path of faults, landscapes, castles and ancient settlements. A pre-congress archaeoseismic tour in Rome will be offered to all the participants.

Topics will cover earthquake geology, paleoseismology, archeoseismology, tsunami studies, earthquake engineering and seismic hazard assessment.

From the web page http://www.fucino2015.it it is possible to register to the meeting and to submit an abstract.
Deadline for application to INQUA grants: 28 December 2014.
Deadline for Registration to Workshop and Abstract Submission: 15 January 2015.
Deadline for Registration to Field Trips and Social Events: 15 February 2015.

To download the early announcement click here
To download the flyer click here

Organizing committee: A. Blumetti, F. Cinti, P. De Martini, F. Galadini, A. Michetti, D. Pantosti and E. Vittori E.



























WORKSHOP OF THE SARA PROJECT
(SOUTH AMERICA RISK ASSESSMENT PROJECT)
ON "INVENTORY OF QUATERNARY DEFORMATION OF SOUTH AMERICA"(GEM)
& WORKSHOP OF THE INQUA SAm-GeoQuat FG

Santiago, Chile, 17-20 November, 2014

This meeting will be organized under the framework of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM, http://www.globalquakemodel.org/). It is an initiative co-sponsored by TERPRO in order to reach more integration of the different working groups of both international projects.

A core part of the activities of the SARA project (GEM) deals with settling guidelines for the compilation of neotectonic structures. One of the main objectives is to train human resources in the mapping and compilation of hazardous structures and particularly in how to estimate or derive key parameters for understanding their significance as potential seismogenic sources. Training activities through conferences, discussion of compilation criteria and mapping of hazardous crustal faults in South America (SA) are planned for this meeting.

17 Nov.: Arrival and reception (Santiago).
18 - 20 Nov.: Workshop at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Santiago.

Main workshop topics will be:
(i) Advances in the knowledge of neotectonic of SA during the last decade. Cases and examples, use of new technologies, new models, etc.
(ii) Compilation and mapping of neotectonic structures applied to the characterization of seismic sources.
(iii) Comparison of different maps and databases.
(iv) Discussion on the adaptation of common criteria between neotectonists and specialists dedicated to the investigation of surface processes in different geological environments, aiming to the reconstruction of process in the Quaternary in SA.

To download the announcement click here
Partial travel grants for the participation of PhD students and ECRs will be covered by the 1311 INQUA project. Grant applicants are invited to send a request form with a short CV.
Contact: D. Kröhling (dkrohli@gmail.com)

Organizers: C. Costa, D. Kröhling (Argentina), J. Cembrano Perasso and I. Santibanez Boric (Chile).



4rd INQUA CECLAP PROJECT WORKSHOP
"LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION AND DEGLACIATION IN THE WESTERN ALPS"
Grenoble-Chambéry, France, 10-12 November 2014


The 2014 meeting of the CECLAP Project points to continue the discussion on the late Pleistocene in the Alps, and in particular on the western sector, in order to compare and discuss the processes and the chronology of the events. The aim is to arrive to a final synthesis with the publication of the results, in particular the circumalpine correlation and the establishment of a common chronology. It is invited to participate to all the interested researchers in France and who attended the Alpine workshops of the project in the last two years.

The Workshop will take place in the area of Grenoble-Chambéry and would be coupled with one or two excursions in the Gresivaudan valley and to the Lacs de Laffrey.

Interested colleagues to participate have to inform to the organization through a registration form. To download the form click here.
Grants for the participation of students and early-career scientists are available. Grant applicants are invited to send a request with a short CV (1 page).

Contact: G. Monegato (Italy). E-mail: g.monegato@csg.to.cnr.it
Organisers: P. Schoeneich, P. Deline (France) and G. Monegato (Italy)




3rd INQUA RAISIN PROJECT & IUSS COMMISSION ON PALEOPEDOLOGY WORKSHOP "SOIL-FORMING PROCESSES AND THEIR RATES"
Desert Research Institute & Desert Studies Center, Mojave Desert,
USA, 26-31 October 2014

26 Oct: 6-9pm Reception/appetizers at DRI (Desert Research Institute), Las Vegas.
27 Oct: 9am-2pm Workshop presentations at DRI, Las Vegas, afternoon: transfer to Desert Studies Center, Mojave Desert (arrival 6:30 pm).
28 Oct: 9-12:30 Workshop presentations, afternoon: field trip to Silver Lake Playa.
29 - 31 Oct: Field trips to Providence Mountains, Death Valley, Panamint Valley, Panamint Mountains, where well-analyzed soil chronosequences on various dated parent materials will be shown and discussed.

It is possible also to combine this workshop with the GSA Meeting (19-22 Oct in Vancouver):
http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2014/home/ and/or the SSSA Meeting (2-5 Nov in Long Beach, CA):https://www.soils.org/meetings

Registration and abstract submission: 5 Aug. - 20 Sep. through the website: https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/84878.
Contact: E. Mc Donald (DRI, Reno, NV, Eric.McDonald@dri.edu) and D. Sauer (TU Dresden, Germany, daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de).

Organizers: E. Mc Donald (USA) and D. Sauer (Germany).



5th INQUA MEETING ON PALEOSEISMOLOGY, ACTIVE TECTONICS AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY (PATA)
Busan, Korea, 21-27 September 2014
This PATA-days meeting has been expanding, with fruitful and intense discussion to increase the knowledge of past earthquakes.It will include a 2-days workshop with keynote lectures, talks and posters, as well as a 3-day field trip to Quaternary terraces, NPP sites, Active faults and Archeological sites (in the old capital city of Gyeongju) around SE Korea. Busan is Korea's second biggest city and one of its most visited tourist sites.

Grants for graduate students and young scientists will be available.
The Outstanding Presentations will be awarded to promote and reward students and young scientists for quality research.

More information is available at: www.pata-days.org
Deadlines: Registration and payment: 31 May, 2014
Abstract Submission: 31 May, 2014
Online Registration: http://www.pata-days.org
To download the first circular click here.

Organizing Committee: A. Michetti (Italy), P.G. Silva (Spain), K. Reicherter (Germany), L. Guerrieri (Italy), K. Okamura (Japan), A. Soehaimi (India), D. Cheong (Korea), W.-S. Kee (Korea) and Y.-S. Kim (Korea).



INQUA QuickLakeH MEETING
Turkey, 15-19 September, 2014

This international multidisciplinary workshop (two days of lectures in Ankara; 15-16 Sep.) and three days of fieldtrip (17-19 Sept.) will discuss the interactions between lakes and human during the Quaternary in the largest saline and freshwater lakes of Europe (Lakes Tuz and Beysehir) and Catalhoyuk and Meke maar lake in the Konya basin.

Topics will range from Quaternary geology, geomorphology, archaeology, climatology, history, geochemistry to natural hazards.

Call for papers open: 15 February, 2014.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 May, 2014
Notification of acceptance: 15 July, 2014.
Contact: Kuvaterner Arastirma GRUBU, Quaternary research group (www.kuvaterner.org).
First circular available from: http://quicklakeh2014.kuvaterner.org, http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ife/meetings/quicklakeh
To download the first circular click here

Conveners: Nizamettin Kazanci (Ankara University, TR), Suzanne A. G. Leroy (Brunel University, UK), Alper Gurbuz (Nigde University, TR)



HEX 2014 CONFERENCE
University of Bonn, Germany; 9-15 June, 2014
The meeting consists of three days of lectures (10-12 June, 2014) and three days of field trip (13-15 June, 2014) to the Historical River Rhine floods in Cologne - outburst floods by WW II dam bombing along River Ruhr valley - July 1342 millennium flood (Weser and Main River) - historic floods along River Main - extreme droughts and floods in the Middle Rhine valley.

The following keywords span the range of topics for scientific session during the conference:
i) Past hydrological events and periods related to global change,
ii) Development of refined global and regional chronologies on hydrological events and periods,
iii) Historical perspectives of current hazards,
iv) Relevance of Pleistocene hydrological events for the presence and future,
v) Drought analysis - an underestimated problem and future challenge,
vi) Implications of long term research in relation to forecasts and prognoses for the future,
vii) Interpreting human impact,
viii) Estimation of previous and future damage and losses,
ix) Extreme wave events in the past and future,
x) Extraterrestrial flows and floods,
xi) New techniques and methods of investigation (dating techniques, historical source analysis, hydraulic interpretation of geomorphological and sedimentological structures).

Further details like important dates, registration, abstract submission are available from the homepage of the conference at: http://web.giub.uni-bonn.de/hex2014/.
To download the flyer click here.

Contact: Juergen Herget (local organiser). E-mail: hex-2014-contact@giub.uni-bonn.de



WORKSHOP AND INTERNATIONAL FIELD COURSE ON SOUTHERN CENTRAL ANDES VOLCANISM
Salta, NW Argentina, 11-21 November, 2013








The meeting (11-12 Nov.: workshop; 13-21 Nov.: field course) is sponsored by the Instituto GEONORTE -Universidad Nacional de Salta, the INQUA Sam-GeoQuat FG -TERPRO, the Latin American Assoc. of Volcanology - ALVO, CONAE, INENCO-CONICET and IAVCEI.

The most important tectonic-related process of landscape development in large parts of the Andes is Quaternary volcanism. This target area belongs to the Central Volcanic Zone of South America (that extends from S Peru to the 28°S). Quaternary-recent volcanoes make a continuous arc through W Bolivia and into E Chile-W Argentina and represented by a remarkable variety of volcanic features ranging from monogenetic tephra cones of basaltic andesite to wide-spread sheets of rhyolitic ignimbrite.

This 20th edition of the course is specially oriented to PhD students and geoscientists. It is a field training, dealing with theoretical concepts and field interpretations of deposits and volcanic structures developed in the Southern Central Andes. Fieldworks, complemented by theoretical lectures, will cover diverse techniques used in volcanological field investigation. It will be conducted mainly in the Miocene-recent San Antonio de los Cobres volcanic field. Fieldworks will include 1 day accross the Salta Rift related volcanism and examination of different outcrops around San Antonio de los Cobres visiting collapse calderas, stratovolcanoes, monogenetic volcanoes, epithermal dome associated ore deposits and geothermal fields.

The main target of this field practice is to show and discuss common and practice methodologies useful in volcanic sequences, as well as to train young researchers in the recognition and understanding of pyroclastic deposits, as ignimbrites, surges, ash fall deposits in proximal and distal facies, the most common sedimentary structures and their utility as well as hidrothermal associated mineralizations.

More information is available at: http://www.unsa.edu.ar/~geonorte/cursos/curing13.htm . The Field Course is competitive and will be limited to a max. of 30 participants, due to logistic reasons.

Grants for PhD students and early-career scientists (less than ten years after their PhD) from South American countries are available from the Sam-GeoQuat IFG (TERPRO-INQUA).
Contact for grant applications: D. Kröhling. E-mail: dkrohli@gmail.com, dkrohling@santafe-conicet.gov.ar .
Deadline for grant applications: 20 October, 2013.
Organizers: Dr. J. Viramonte and Dr. M. Arnosio (Argentina). E-mail: curvol@unsa.edu.ar



G@GPS MEETING 2013
INQUA-IGCP-GRAPHIC WORKSHOP AND TRAINING COURSE
Bobole, Mozambique, 14-19 October 2013
The Workshop will be held at the Casa Lisa Lodge, Bobole (Mozambique) on October 14-19, 2013. Presentations on groundwater basin dynamics, palaeogroundwater studies: isotopes, noble gases, groundwater dating methods, modeling and intrusion of old seawater are invited. Results from the present G@GPS basins will be presented there and particularly studies of major groundwater aquifers in Africa, which are not at the present registered as G@GPS aquifers, will be invited. Transport from hotels in Maputo to Bobole will be organized in the morning of October 14th. It will be considered to organize special day-trips for accompanying members.

The Training Course will be held during 4-7 October, with one day in the field. The course will form a M.Sc. course under the new Geoscience M.Sc. programme at the University of Eduardo Mondlane and the participants who complete the course will achieve the exam paper from the university.
i) Climate history of Africa and predictions for the future. The lecture(s) will in particular be relevant for the understanding of past groundwater recharge.
ii) Presentation of data from the Maputo Groundwater Basin in Mozambique. Future studies of this will be discussed, with main focus on field work and laboratory analysis.
iii) The use of stable isotopes to estimate recharge temperatures and rates.
iv) The use of radioactive isotopes to estimate groundwater ages.
v) The use of other geochemical parameters to estimate recharge conditions and transit times.
vi) Salinization processes and the identification of old seawater components.
vii) The problem of mixed groundwater (i.e. old groundwater mixed with modern precipitation, old groundwater mixed with seawater).
viii) Groundwater modeling, in particular modeling in data-poor areas.
ix) Field and laboratory methods for groundwater recharge studies, with one full day in the Maputo Basin.

More information, including the registration form is available at: http://www.gw-gps.com/
Preliminary registration deadline: May 31, 2013
Contact: Sylvi Haldorsen (Norway). E-mail: sylvi.haldorsen@nmbu.no



FIELD TRAINING COURSE AND WORKSHOP OF THE INQUA Sam-GeoQuat FG
"FROM THE PAMPEAN RANGES TO THE NORTH PAMPA: TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC FORCING ON THE LATE QUATERNARY LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION"
Central Argentina, 14-18 October 2013
The Field Course is open to young researchers from South American countries (PhD students & Post-Docs). Fieldwork activities will include a 5 days intensive trip along four Argentine provinces (San Luis, Córdoba, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos), from the Eastern Pampean Ranges through the North Pampa Plain to the Parana Fluvial Belt. The trip will follow a ca. 1,100 km geological transect along a key region of the extra-Andean South America that allow discuss in situ outcropping sequences and landforms. This field course provides training in field observation from different geological subdisciplines. The main task of the course will be to stimulate multidisciplinary field discussions between the sub-groups of neotectonics and those sub-groups dedicated to the research of climatically driven processes of the Quaternary, the adaptation of common criteria for the use of all the information on the analyses of the landscape evolution and the application of new laboratory techniques. As the group is travelling, a series of evening talks will take place.

The Workshop of the Sam-GeoQuat Group will be held in Miramar city (Córdoba province), on the afternoon of 16 October, 2013. The indoor program will consist of invited plenary lectures (members of the Group), talks by participants (including young researchers) and roundtable discussions.

The Field Course is competitive and will be limited to a max. of 20 participants, due to logistic reasons. It will only be approved after personal participation in all field activities and all exercises and approval of a final test on the topics discussed in the course. Certificate of attendance for all participants and assessment qualifies for credits towards PhD. Grants for PhD students and early-career scientists (less than ten years after their PhD) from South American countries are available.
To download the first circular click here.
To download the second circular click here.
Grant applicants are requested to submit the application form for the course (to download it please click here).
Deadline for grant applications: 30 July, 2013. Deadline for registration: 30 August, 2013.
Contact: D. Kröhling. E-mail: dkrohli@gmail.com, dkrohling@santafe-conicet.gov.ar .

Organizers: The Field Course will be coordinated by experienced workers who are active participants of the SAm-GeoQuat Group: D. Kröhling, C. Costa, C. Carignano, E. Piovano, E. Brunetto and F. Córdoba (Argentina).




4th INQUA MEETING ON PALEOSEISMOLOGY, ACTIVE TECTONICS AND ARCHEOSEISMOLOGY (PATA)
Aachen, Germany, 9-14 October 2013
The last three meetings in Spain (2009), Greece (2011), and Mexico (2012) brought together more than 250 international scientists from earthquake geology and all neighbouring disciplines. Paleoseismological research is imperative to seismic hazard studies. It will gain even more importance in the emerging discussion on seismic safety of nuclear power plants and waste deposits, chemical industry and other critical facilities and infrastructure. During the Aachen meeting the participants will deepen international collaboration; they will discuss the road map of the discipline and also they will throw the points of future initiatives.The 4th meeting of the TERPRO FG on Paleoseismology and Active Tectonics will be held in Aachen (Germany) on October, 9-14, 2013. It consists of one day pre-meeting field trip, three days of scientific talks and poster sessions and one day post-meeting field trip.

Abstract submission (acceptance after review and payment) and registration deadline: July 15, 2013. Abstracts will be maximum 4 pages including figures and references. Travel grants will be available for Early Career Researchers from developing countries.

More information, including thematic sessions, venue, abstract format and costs are available at: http://www.pata-days.org/ , http://paleoseismicity.org.
To download the first circular click here.
Contact: Christoph Grützner (Germany). E-mail: c.gruetzner@nug.rwth-aachen.de

Organizers: K. Reicherter, C. Grützner and T. Fernández-Steeger (Germany), H.-B. Havenith (Belgium), R. Pérez-López, M. Rodríguez-Pascua and P.G. Silva (Spain), T. Spies (Germay).



ALPINE QUATERNARY WORKSHOP
(INTIMATE & INQUA-CECLAP)
Obergurgl, Austria, 3-7 October 2013

This workshop is part of INTIMATE (COST Action ES0907, http://cost-es0907.geoenvi.org) and will be organized jointly with CECLAP, an initiative sponsored by INQUA-TERPRO to examine the Late Pleistocene chronostratigraphy across the Alps. The venue is Obergurgl (Austria) in the Ötztal Alps of Tyrol, where the University of Innsbruck operates a conference centre (http://www.uz-obergurgl.at/english/). Date: October 3-9, 2013.

The aim is to discuss and compile climate proxy records from the greater Alpine region for the time window 60 to 8 ka and to make them eventually available to the palaeoclimate and modelling community in an easy-to-access database. Records from all archives and from all parts of the Alps and their foreland will be considered. Emphasis will be on well-dated records providing quantifiable proxy information of past climate, ice, hydrology or vegetation dynamics. The ultimate goal is to advance the understanding of the timing and rate of climate change in the Alps between 60 ka and the early Holocene and to catalyse future international collaboration. The workshop will consist of invited overview presentations, breakout-sessions in smaller groups, and posters. Each participant is expected to bring slides to the breakout-sessions showing relevant aspects of either published or soon-to-be-published data. We particularly welcome attempts to correlate proxy records across different archives or regions. Posters are welcome. Overview presentations will be solicited by the organizers. There will be no abstract volume.
To download the first circular click here.

Registration and Grant applications deadline: October 10, 2013. E-mail contact: manuela.wimmer@uibk.ac.at.

Organizers: C. Spötl (christoph.spoetl@uibk.ac.at), K. Koinig (karin.koinig@uibk.ac.at), O. Heiri (oliver.heiri@ips.unibe.ch), G. Monegato (g.monegato@csg.to.cnr.it)



3rd INQUA AEOMED PROJECT WORKSHOP
"SOILS AND DUST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN"
Ulm, Germany, 4-5 October 2013

4 October: Workshop: Part of the time will comprise oral and poster presentations on aeolian sediments and additions to soils in the Mediterranean. Another part of the time will be reserved for discussing collaboration between research groups working in various Mediterranean areas. Possibilities for common efforts to improve our knowledge on aeolian sediments over the Mediterranean region, their sources, trajectories, and their analytical identification will be discussed in the group. Known occurrences of loess and loess-like sediments that are not yet included in the loess map of Europe (see Mediterranean part of the map below) will be compiled.

5 October: Field trip: "Landscape history, soil development and paleolithic caves along the rivers Blau and Danube"

Young scientists and scientists from low-income countries may apply for travel grants until 30 June.

More information: https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/84832. Contact: D. Sauer. E-mail: daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de

Abstract submission deadline: 15 July. Registration deadline: 31 August.

Organizers: D. Sauer and A. Kadereit (Germany)


Mediterranean part of the "Loess Map of Europe" (Haase et al., 2007. Quat. Sci. Rev. 26, 9-10, 1301-1312).



2nd INQUA RAISIN PROJECT WORKSHOP
"RATES OF SOIL FORMING PROCESSES IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE"

University of Calabria, southern Italy, 24-28 September 2013
 

Although the main focus of the workshop and field trip will be on Mediterranean soil development, contributions on soil forming processes in other climates are welcome as well.
24 and 25 September: Workshop. 26 Sept.: Field trip to Rossano soil chronosequence (Ionian coast of Calabria), guided by F. Scarciglia. 27 and 28 Sept.: Field trip to Metaponto soil chronosequence (Gulf of Taranto, Basilicata), guided by D. Sauer.

Young scientists and scientists from low-income countries may apply for travel grants until 30 June.
Abstract submission will be open until 15 July, registration will be open until 31 August.
Contact: D. Sauer. Email: daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de

More information is available at: https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/94442

Organizers: F. Scarciglia (Italy) and D. Sauer (Germany).




"EARTHQUAKES IN ANCIENT LANDS: THE APENNINES AND THE LEVANT"
Kibbutz Maagan - Northern end of the Great Rift Valley, Israel, 16-18 September 2013


The meeting (16 Sept.: open meeting; 17-18 Sept.: workshop and fieldtrip) is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Israel, and co-sponsored by Hebrew University, Universitá dell'Insubria and TERPRO-INQUA.

Lessons from the Apennines and the Levant are essential for understanding earthquake landscapes and related hazards at a global level: The quality and the quantity of data from Israel and Italy is probably unique; these are among the few regions featuring unusually long seismic catalogues, almost complete for strong events, with potential correlations to extremely well known local geology and active tectonics.
Scholars that have published on the Levant and the Apennines can contribute unique knowledge to other seismically active countries around the world. In particular, we would like to offer perspectives focused on the geological criteria for evaluating seismicity, which we consider the best methodological approach for seismic hazard assessment and risk mitigation. In both countries, Israel and Italy, we learn from history and archaeology that recurrence intervals for strong, damaging events can be longer than the seismic catalogue; therefore, geology is becoming an essential tool. The geological approach to the understanding of past earthquakes, also defined as paleoseismology, must be strongly linked with history and archaeology, where the records of the more recent period are best deciphered jointly.

To download the first circular click here. Register at: http://www.itembassy.com/tel-aviv/
Abstracts and relevant literature available at : https://www.copy.com/s/R8KrtXnJ91eNCfi2

Organizers: A. Agnon (Hebrew University, amotz@mail.huji.ac.il) and A. Michetti (Universitá dell'Insubria,  alessandro.michetti@uninsubria.it)



2nd INQUA AEOMED PROJECT WORKSHOP
"RECONSIDERING LOESS IN NORTHERN ITALY"
A field trip workshop in the Po Plain, northern Italy, 1-3 July 2013

The 2nd Workshop of AEOMED, with the support of INQUA, Beta Analytic Ltd. Universitá dell'Insubria, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Universitá di Firenze and the Geological Survey of Israel, will be organized as a field trip during which several key sites of loess sequences located at the margin of the Alps and the Apennines will be visited. Such a field workshop in the Po Plain is a unique opportunity to discuss basic questions such as variety of loess types, sources of the different loess types, climatic deriving forces for loess transportation and deposition, loess accumulation processes, the formation of loessial soils in glacial and non glacial environments and its paleoclimate interpretations. The aim is to bring together loess experts to discuss the loess topic in Italy in the context of the loess issue in Europe and around Mediterranean in several key sites. In addition, we would like to stimulate the collaboration between scientists from countries around the Mediterranean who work on the same issue.

The workshop is limited to ca. 30 participants, on a "first come first served" basis, using registration form at the following link https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=D5mA6WS0qfmxosUkHEg1Fg. There is no registration fee, but each participant will pay for accommodation and meals; we are looking for cheap solutions. INQUA Grants for partially support the participation of post-graduate students, young scientists, and scientists from low GDP countries will be available. Please send the application to: A. Zerboni (andrea.zerboni@unimi.it), including your CV and a brief motivation letter. The applications will be considered only if the applicant has submitted the on-line registration form available at the workshop website.


Deadline for registration: June 10, 2013

To download the final circular and programme click here.

Organizing committee: R. Amit (Geological Survey of Israel, rivka@gsi.gov.il), A. Zerboni (Universitá degli Studi di Milano, andrea.zerboni@unimi.it), F. Livio (Universitá dell'Insubria - Como, franz.livio@uninsubria.it), S. Carnicelli (Universitá di Firenze, stefano.carnicelli@unifi.it) and A. M. Michetti (Universitá dell'Insubria - Como, alessandro.michetti@uninsubria.it).
 



INQUA QuickLakeH PROJECT WORKSHOP
"RAPIDLY CHANGING LARGE LAKES AND HUMAN RESPONSE"

This multidisciplinary workshop will be held in Tehran and the South Caspian Coast, Iran, on January 5-11, 2013.
It will include 2 days of lectures in Tehran (INIO, 5th -6th Jan) and field work activities during a 5 day trip in a small group in the Golestan Province, Southeast Caspian Coast (7th -11th Jan). Problems caused by rapid water level changes in large lakes, such as the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, the Dead Sea, the Beysekir Lake and other large lakes in Turkey, and the impact on people and society, will be discussed.
The Workshop is organized by the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO). The indoor programs will consist of invited plenary lectures, talks by participants (including young researchers) and round-table discussions, led by scientists and end-users.
To download the second circular click here
Convener: H. Lahijani, INIO, Tehran, Iran (lahijani@inio.ac.ir; hamidakl@yahoo.com). Co-Convener: S. Leroy, Brunel University, London, UK (Suzanne.Leroy@brunel.ac.uk), E.W. Sauer, Department of Classics, Edinburgh, UK (Eberhard.Sauer@ed.ac.uk) and A. Pourmand, University of Miami, USA (apourmand@rsmas.miami.edu).
Executive secretary: E. Nejadfallah (nfallah@inio.ac.ir, zahranejadf@yahoo.com).
Abstracts submission deadline: Octuber 1, 2012.
Deadline for Registration: November 20, 2012. A soft copy of abstract and registration form should be sent to Executive secretary.



1st INQUA CECLAP PROJECT WORKSHOP
"THE LGM IN THE ALPS: CHRONOLOGY, EXTENSION OF THE GLACIERS, PALAEOVEGETATION AND THE EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDE"


The 1st Workshop of the CECLAP Project will be held at the Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment in Udine, Italy, on December 5-7, 2012.
The aim is to discuss the LGM in the Alps on field trips to important sites in the Tagliamento end moraine system and the Friulian Plain.
The participants are requested to submit a few key research questions concerning the theme of the workshop (no later than the 5th Nov). This set of questions will be used to guide the field discussion and the short plenary session at the end of the second day.
To download the flyer click here.
Grants for students, early-career scientists (less than ten years after their PhD) and scientists from low-GDP country are available. Grant applicants are requested to submit a half-page cv and a budget plan.
Contact: G. Monegato (Italy). E-mail: g.monegato@csg.to.cnr.it
Organisers: G. Monegato (CNR-IGG, Italy), F. Preusser (Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden), C. Ravazzi (CNR-IDPA, Italy) and C. Spötl (Univ. of Innsbruck, Austria)



1st INQUA HEX EVENTS PROJECT WORKSHOP
"HYDROLOGICAL EXTREME EVENTS IN CHANGING CLIMATE: RECONSTRUCTING EXTREME EVENTS FROM FLUVIAL CHRONOLOGIES AND THEIR LINKS TO CLIMATE AND ANTHROPOGENIC DRIVERS"

The 1st workshop of the HEX Events project will be held at the Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Date: November 29-30, 2012.
The aim of the meeting is to present and discuss on regional extended records of hydrological events (above average stream flow and discrete flood events) from multiple proxies (geological and historical) and to establish in-phase and out-of-phase periods of hydrological activity in response to climate and atmospheric circulation variability. The output of the discussions is to produce a synthesis and regional intercomparison of flood and drought histories based on radiometrically dated fluvial units in river systems within a range of depositional environments.
Follow-up: Network to set up a standard methodology to compare histories of extreme event among regions.
Grants for students, early-career scientists (less than ten years after their PhD) and scientists from low-GDP country are available.
To download agenda click here

Contact: G. Benito (Spain). E-mail: benito@mncn.csic.es
Organisers: G. Benito (CSIC-Spain), K. Cohen (Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands), M.G. Macklin (Aberystwyth University, UK), J. Herget (University of Bonn, Germany).



3rd INQUA-IGCP 567 WORKSHOP
"ACTIVE TECTONICS, PALEOSEISMOLOGY AND ARCHAEOSEISMOLOGY"

This workshop will be held at the University Cultural Centre of the Universidad Michoacana in the city of Morelia, México, November 19-24, 2012.
Further details about this meeting are available on: http://www.acambay1912.org/.

To download the flyer click here.
Contact: Victor Hugo Garduño Monroy (México)
E-mail: vhgardunom@gmail.com
Abstracts submission deadline: August 15, 2012.



1st INQUA RAISIN PROJECT WORKSHOP
"RATES OF SOIL FORMING PROCESSES - ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES, RESEARCH GAPS"

The 1st Workshop of the RAISIN Project Rates of soil forming processes obtained from soils and paleosols in well-defined settings will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, on November, 5-8, 2012.
It consists of three days of symposia and one day in the field. No registration fees apply.
More information, including workshop topics, venue, registration form, is available here:
https://ppsg2011.uni-hohenheim.de/83983?&no_cache=1
The GSA Meeting will take place in Charlotte at the same time (4-7 Nov), just across the street from the workshop so that you can easily switch between both.
To download the second circular click here
Contact: Daniela Sauer (Germany).
E-mail: daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de
Abstracts submission (1 page) and registration deadline: October 10, 2012.



2nd WORKSHOP
OF THE SKILL ENHANCEMENT GROUP ON QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA

The 2nd Workshop of the Sam-GeoQuat Skill Project is hosted at the V Argentine Congress on Quaternary and Geomorphology, Río Cuarto, Pampean Ranges of Argentina, on October 3, 2012.
The aim of the meeting is to present and discuss the activities of the Group within the community of South American geologists working on Geomorphology and between those working in other areas of the Quaternary research. The objective of the workshop is focused on a series of tasks in order to consolidate the Group. The analysis of correlation between sedimentary records from different countries and natural regions of the continent and related to the reconstruction of environmental responses during the last glacial-interglacial cycle is one of the key points for discussions.
To download the circular (in Spanish) click here
Contact: Dr. Daniela Kröhling (Argentina)
E-mail: dkrohli@gmail.com
Further details are available on: http://intra.exa.unrc.edu.ar/eventos/vcacyg2012/actividades.html




1st INQUA AEOMED PROJECT WORKSHOP "MEDITERRANEAN PALAEOSOLS: EVIDENCE OF THE CONTINUOUS INTERPLAY BETWEEN CLIMATIC AND EVENT DRIVEN PEDOGENESIS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY DUST INPUTS"

The 1st Workshop of the AEOMED Project will be held at the Natural History Museum in Firenze, Italy, on October 10-12, 2012.
The workshop aims to prime a research network. It will start with a session on state of the art and knowledge needs on Mediterranean loess. A field trip will demonstrate loess influenced soils in central Tuscany.
The workshop is free for participants. Scientific contributions are welcome.
To download the leaflet click here
Information, registration and abstract submission: Stefano Carnicelli (stefano.carnicelli@unifi.it),
Edoardo Costantini (edoardo.costantini@entecra.it) and Rivka Amit (rivka@gsi.gov.il).



GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES AND GEOARCHAEOLOGY -
From Landscape Archaeology to Archaeotourism
This international conference will be held in Moscow-Smolensk, Russia on August 20-24, 2012.
For download the second circular click here.
Further details about this meeting are available on: http://Geoarch2012.narod2.ru
E-mail: Geoarch2012@yandex.ru.
Registration deadline: March 15, 2012.
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1st WORKSHOP
OF THE SKILL ENHANCEMENT GROUP ON QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA
The 1st Workshop of the Sam-GeoQuat Skill Project will be held within the framework of the Argentine Sedimentological Meeting (AAS), Salta, Central Andes of Argentina, on May 18, 2012.
The meeting provides a good opportunity to present the skill initiative within the community of Argentine geologists mainly working in the field of Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentology, seeking to increase the interaction between them and the community of the initial list of South American specialists of the Group. The aim is to discuss the exchange of information and different proposals in order to enhance ongoing initiatives (the involvement of early career scientists, the training of young scientists in fieldworks run by experienced scientists, the promotion of the attendance and active participation of active post-graduate students and early-career researchers to the future meetings of the Group, the promotion of innovative contributions on the application of new methodological approaches, between others).
To download the final circular (in Spanish) click here
Contact: Dr. Daniela Kröhling (Argentina)
E-mail: dkrohli@gmail.com
Further details about this meeting are available on: http://www.unsa.edu.ar/ras2012/index.html