VALE: John Chappell (1940-2018)

Sad news in that Professor John Chappell passed away on the 3rd October 2018 after a brief battle with cancer. Emeritus Professor John Chappell was unquestionably one of the world’s most well-known and accomplished Quaternary scientists of the past ~40 years or more. Described by Prof Bruce Thom as “the father of Quaternary research in…

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AQUA Biennial Conference 2018

Next AQUA Biennial Conference Canberra 10 – 14th December 2018 Crawford Precinct, College of Asia and Pacific, ANU Acton PeninsulaAbstract Submission is NOW OPEN Abstract submission Abstract submission guidelines Registration is NOW OPEN Registration Registration Information (inc. costs)

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SHeMax Workshop June 2018

SHeMax Meeting (Southern Hemisphere Last Glacial Maximum)  When: June 28th – 30th 2018 Where: Morton Bay Research Station (MBRS) of the University of Queensland on North Stradbroke Island. This is in the greater Brisbane area. General information about MBRS can be found at https://www.uq.edu.au/moreton-bay-research-station/content/front-page The maximum cost will be AUS$260.  This includes 2 nights accommodation…

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AQUA 2018 Conference

Provisional dates for the 2018 AQUA biennial meeting in Canberra are the 10th – 14th December 2018. A call for session themes are open until the 16th of November. Field trips under discussion include a mid-conference excursion to Lake George and the tectonic history in the region, and a pre-conference field trip from Kosciusko to…

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SHAPE Workshop February 2018

Southern Hemisphere Assessment of PalaeoEnvironments (SHAPE) Workshop: Quaternary variability, abrupt change and tipping points We invite researchers who have an interest in climate variability, abrupt change and tipping points to participate in the upcoming SHAPE workshop on 2-3 February 2018 to be held at The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Wollongong, NSW…

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Was the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa paced by orbital cycles?

by Ignacio Jara It is now widely accepted that anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) emerged in Africa around 200 ka (ka=thousands of years before the present), as evidenced by now-classic hominid sites in eastern Africa and supported by genetic variations among modern populations. Despite the unquestioned African origin of our species, the time when modern…

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AQUA travel grants

The 2016 AQUA Biennial meeting, in Auckland New Zealand, 5 – 9th December 2016 is rapidly approaching. This meeting, with the theme Quaternary perspectives from the city of volcanoes is shaping up to be our best ever, with some exciting Keynote speakers and about 110 people submitting Abstracts. More details about the conference, held in…

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AQUA Auckland 2016

For more information about the upcoming conference go to the website at https://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/research-projects/climate-present-and-past/Aqua2016  Great to see so many abstracts (>125) submitted for the upcoming AQUA conference. Early bird registration closes 25th October. https://uoaevents.eventsair.com/biennial-australian-quaternary-association-conference/std-reg/Site/Register

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