Our Spring Meeting and AGM are tomorrow, Saturday 28 March at the University of Galway! Registration opens at 10:15 for a day of Quaternary research. See you all there!Details can be found here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
We're having our Spring Meeting at the University of Galway on 28 March! We want to see you and what you've been working on. Submit your abstracts by 20th March. Further details here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
Applications for our Eileen Reilly Postgraduate Research Award are due tomorrow (March 6th) at 5pm. Further details and how to apply can be found here: iqua.ie/iqua-eileen-...
Many thanks to all who attended the #IQUAAutumnSymposium, and thanks to @geolsurvie.bsky.social for providing a wonderful venue.
Koen Verbruggen, Director, Geological Survey of Ireland, welcomes participants to GSI & opens the IQUA Autumn Symposium 2025. 5 December
Ireland's evolving landscape the theme of #IQUA Autumn Symposium at @geolsurvie.bsky.social HQ, Beggars Bush, D4. Lectures ranged widely over time & space; many new ideas & fresh insights on the 11past, present & future at this critical juncture in Ireland's development @quaternaryirl.bsky.social
Peter Glanville on the complexities of implementing nature-based solutions in the Irish landscape. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Robin Lewando on the archeological Iron Age lull in Ireland. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Nick Scroxton on the new open access Danu Irish Quaternary Metadata Database. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
IQUA Secretary Michelle McKeown announcing our winners for the Bill Watts 14Chrono, Valerie Hall, and Research Awards. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Our three flash talk speakers, covering peat bog aridity and cosmogenic nuclide glacier and temperature reconstruction.
Colin Bunce on the loess deposits in the Burren. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Professor Andrew Cooper giving our afternoon keynote talk on submerged shorelines. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Dakota Youngeagle describing a glacial outburst flood in Scotland at the beginning of the Holocene. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Apolline Mariotti talking about differences in 10Be production in sediment catchments. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Gregor Rink detailing his work on the drivers of coastline change in Ireland. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
And ice retreat and coastal change...
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Early birds are catching a pre-Symposium discussion on knowledge gaps on sea-level changes. #IQUAAutumnSymposium
Our Autumn Symposium is tomorrow, 5 December! Details, including time, location, and a full abstract booklet, can be found here: iqua.ie/invitation-i... See you all tomorrow!
And don't forget our research awards are open until 28 November!
Our Autumn Symposium is 5 December! Find further details, including the provisional schedule, here: iqua.ie/invitation-i...
The IQUA Autumn research awards have opened! Our Research Award, Bill Watts 14CHRONO Award, and the Valerie Hall Award are all currently accepting applications/nominations. More details, including how to apply, here: iqua.ie/iqua-autumn-...
A short hop over to a court tomb in Gortnanoul and then ending the trip visiting Clogh Oughter Castle! Thanks to all who participated and many thanks to our local guides Martina and Brendan for their insight!
First stop of day 2 takes us to Drumlane Abbey and Round Tower, which was established in the 6th Century!
Our next stop takes us to the Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark, where we discuss a wedge tomb located within the park!
After a quick lunch stop, we headed to White Fathers Cave!
Up next, is the Gortalughany Viewpoint, where the views include ribbed moraines!
Next stop, just a hop down the road to Tullydermot Falls to discuss the relationship between the karstic landscape and the impact of water on that environment.
Field Trip Time! County Cavan! First stop is a discussion of geological features, including karstic landscapes, with a discussion led by Jasper Knight.
It isn't too late! Our field trip to Cavan is this weekend! The Friday evening social is at 19:00 in Belturbet. We'd love to see you all there! More info: iqua.ie/3rd-circular...
Join us 5-7 September for our next IQUA field trip in Cavan! Glacial landscapes and over 300 lakes await. Further details soon. Can't wait to see you all there!