Advances in Stratigraphy and Geochronology

SACCOM hosted Virtual Seminar Series

Dates

Apr 22nd - 17th, 2021

Venue

Online, (Virtual)

Summary

The Stratigraphy and Chronology Commission (SACCOM) of INQUA is organizing a series of virtual talks on a diverse range of geochronology and stratigraphy topics during the coming Spring. These will be held live on Thursdays at 9 am USA EST, 2 pm London, 3 pm Paris, and 10 pm Beijing time. Please see the Zoom link below and most of the talks will be recorded. Please see the full program below:

 

April 22

Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos (University of Cologne, Germany)

"Vegetation and climate dynamics in southeastern Europe since the Early Pleistocene: a chronostratigraphical approach"

 

April 29     

Sarah Finkelstein (University of Toronto, Canada)

“Biostratigraphy and chronology of sub-till organic-bearing deposits in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada”

 

May 6 

Pinkey Bisht (Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India)    

“Chronology and climatic implications of Late Quaternary glaciations in Central Himalaya with special focus in the upper Kali Ganga valley, Uttarakhand”

May 13  

Leah Morgan (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)       

“Tephrochronology by Ar/Ar: methods and applications in paleoanthropology”

 

May 20          

Matthew Kirby (California State University Fullerton, USA)    

“Re-visiting Lake Mojave Using a Basin Analysis Approach: Trying to Resolve a Complex History of Lake Level Change”

May 27 

Tom Higham (University of Oxford, England)    

“Improving chronology building of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia”

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June 3  9 am USA EST, 2 pm London, 3 pm Paris, and 10 pm Beijing time. 

Quentin Simon (CEREGE, France)          

“Atmospheric beryllium-10, a versatile cosmogenic nuclide for relative and radiometric dating”

ZOOM LINK: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/91983687150?pwd=cE1MMk02cE9iODdzaG01V2tTZzVsdz09

Meeting ID: 919 8368 7150

Passcode: 035620

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Passcode: 035620

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June 10           

Bob Booth (Lehigh University, USA)        

“Wetland and forest responses to Holocene moisture variability: insights from the peatland paleoenvironmental archive”

 

June 17           

Kenneth Mertens (IFREMER, Concarneau, France)     

Never mind the dinosaurs, here's the dinoflagellates

  

(Overseen by Lewis Owen on behalf of SACCOM)