Latest developments

  • INQUA 2027 Talk Series
    INQUA 2027 Talk Series

    The next session of the INQUA 2027 Talk Series will feature Prof. Lewis A. Owen from NC State University. The talk, titled Quaternary Glaciation of the Himalaya and Tibet, will take place on 1st February…

  • Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!
    Quaternary Perspectives December 2024 Issue is now out!

    The Quaternary Perspectives December 2024, Issue 37, was just released.

  • OnSea at EGU
    OnSea at EGU

    An EGU25 thematic session will be organized in the framework of ONSEA activities: Insights into Paleo-Seascape Evolution and reconstruction: Coastal and Submarine Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology in a Changing World Convener: Gaia Mattei | Co-conveners: Aucelli…

  • GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference
    GLOCOPH-PHADMA International Conference

    PaleoHydrology: Ancient Disasters, Modern Applications (GLOCOPH-PHADMA) International Conference You are all kindly invited to our mid-term general conference between 9-14th June 2025 at the University of Bonn, Germany. There will be two full days of…

INQUA 2454 sa: Quaternary Sediments, Landscapes, and Early Settlement History in Western Estonia (PWGM)

This project brings together Quaternary researchers and students for field symposium to explore the Quaternary sediments, landscapes, and early settlement history in western Estonia.

Abstract

The INQUA Peribaltic Working Group is a regional group of researchers active in various fields of Quaternary science (http://inqua-peribaltic.ut.ee/inqua-peribaltic-working-group). It was founded in the 1990s, and since then, it has provided a cooperation platform for approximately 100-120 Quaternary researchers and students. In 2024, the Peribaltic WG Field Symposium “Quaternary Sediments, Landscapes and Early Settlement History in Western Estonia” took place in western Estonia in August 26-30, 2024. More than 60 researchers and students have registered, and more than 40 oral and poster presentations were presented during the event. During the four-day field trip in western Estonia, the various topics with site visiting has been discussed, including environmental geology (landslides in proglacial clays, wetland restoration, flooding of coastal areas), relative sea-level changes and storminess scenarios, shallow sea-bed mapping, coastal processes and the health of beaches, and geoarchaeology opening the links between landscape and early settlement pattern.

Objectives:

  • to improve level of scientific research and communication between researchers and students working on glacial and post-glacial history of the Peribaltic region during the Quaternary;
  • to support the professional development of next generation of Quaternary scientists by providing networking opportunities and the practical education (field site visiting) in different Quaternary geological topics.

Project Leaders:

Alar Rosentau, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia

Sten Suuroja, Estonian Geological Survey, Estonia

Tiit Hang, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia