Dear NORDQUA colleagues,
Some information and reminders for those attending the NGWM24 in Gothenburg (apologies to those not attending – we wish you were here!).
NORDQUA @ NGWM 2024
ON FRIDAY – 12 January – we will have a members general meeting. We will meet during the lunch break in room R2. We will aim to start the meeting by 12:20, to give you time to get lunch first.
- The secretariat will give a short review of activities of the last 2 years and there will be an opportunity for discussion on any issues relating to the network.
- If you have an item for the agenda let us know via email, or speak to us during Wednesday and Thursday. Anna, Ívar, Daniel, and Aloïs are all here.
TONIGHT – Wednesday 10 January – there is a NORDQUA pub social following the Icebreaker.
- From 19:30 you will find us at John Scott’s (https://johnscotts.se/avenyn/, located c. 1 km (15 min) walk from the conference venue (https://maps.app.goo.gl/dwGx1XuDVJXodgGw9). All NORDQUA members and friends welcome!
More generally, we understand that there will be up to 200 Quaternary scientists attending – go team!
We highlight the following sessions of interest, from the Science programme:
- Wednesday 10 January:
- 20 – Geoscience for Offshore Wind and Marine infrastructure
- 27 – Aeolian sediments, landforms and processes, and their paleoenvironmental record
- 4 – Slope stability, landslides/avalanches and their secondary effects
- 19 – Marine geology records of Quaternary to late Holocene changes in North Atlantic Ocean circulation with a special reference to Arctic and North European climate
- Thursday 11 January:
- 28 – Quaternary palaeoclimate from Scandinavian to Global perspective – a session in honour of Svante Björck
- 37 – Geology, landscape, and the human past – Recent approaches to geoarchaeology
- 26 – Sedimentary ancient DNA applications to Quaternary Geology
- 29 – Quaternary geology/Geomorphology: Open Session
- Friday 12 January:
- 25 – Glacial processes: Under ice and under pressure
- 24 – Deglaciation: dynamics, processes and products
We wish all NORDQUA members a Happy New Year, 2024!
Best wishes,
Your NORDQUA Secretariat: Anna, Ívar, Henry, Daniel, and Aloïs