In light of the upcoming meeting in Ireland, the AQUA committee are delighted to announce the opening of this year’s Design-an-AQUA-tee competition. The design can be inspired by any aspect of Quaternary science, so use your imaginations! Please send your entries in a format of your choice (Illustrator, PDF, jpeg, photo of a scribble on…
Continue ReadingINQUA Congress 2019, Dublin – AQUA Travel awards AQUA is offering four $3000 (AUD) travel prizes to post-graduate students or early-career researchers to fund attendance for the INQUA congress in Dublin, Ireland (http://www.inqua2019.org) on 25th to 31st July, 2019. Full criteria and required forms can be found on the Application Form. Please return the completed application…
Continue ReadingThe abstract submission and registration deadline for the upcoming AQUA biennial conference in Canberra has BEEN EXTENDED until Friday 9th of November! Visit the conference page for more information about the conference, submit abstracts and complete your registration (http://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua2018/). The deadline for travel funding has also been extended until Friday 9th November. Application forms can…
Continue ReadingSad 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…
Continue ReadingNext 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)
Continue ReadingSHeMax 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…
Continue ReadingProvisional 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…
Continue ReadingSouthern 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…
Continue ReadingA draft final program of speakers can be found here. aqua2016-speaker-schedule A list of the poster presentations and timings of the poster sessions is here. aqua2016-poster-sessions
Continue Readingby 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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