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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On 18th Nov the QRA will be celebrating the first #QuaternaryPride following on from the success of #PolarPride. But we need your help to cheer up our mammoth mascot by giving them a name! Comment or email postgrad@qra.org.uk with your ideas by 18th October for the chance to WIN some QRA swag.

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📢 Postgrad symposium registration is OPEN 📢 We're excited to welcome postgrads to Royal Holloway from the 24th - 26th August to discuss all things Quaternary through a range of presentations and workshops. Registration deadline: 7th August Cost: FREE 🎉 #conference #postgraduate #quaternary

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

30 years after the last QRA visit to the Cairngorms, we’re back at it again! Join us from the 20th-23rd May 2027 to learn all about the Quaternary of the Cairngorms. Led by John Gordon & Colin Ballantyne. Registration opens Jan 2027.

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ECCOR Northumbria @nu-eccor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Meet ECCOR — Environmental, Climate & Cryosphere Research at Northumbria University! Our research spans caves, paleoenvironments, tundra, geochemistry, pollution, people & nature, and the future of ice on Earth. Watch this space for news, events & updates.

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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Congratulations to Cameron Powell who won the postgraduate poster prize at last week's @quaternaryra.bsky.social ADM in Brighton! There was lots of Durham palaeoglaciology research on show, including work by @hollyjenk.bsky.social and Molly Gath. 👇❄️ durhamglaciology.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/d...

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lornalinch.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Second stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, Black Rock raised beach and spectacular Quaternary sedimentary sequences c.250ka old, on-lapping c.85Ma old chalk cliffs @quaternaryra.bsky.social

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lornalinch.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

First stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, beautiful Birling Gap to discuss chalk-flint geology, periglacial processes and Quaternary dry valley deposits @quaternaryra.bsky.social

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NEaar lab @neaarlab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Congratulations Marc!! 👋👋🦣 @marcdickinson.bsky.social for winning the Lewis Penny Medal for his fab tooth enamel dating work from @quaternaryra.bsky.social. @chemistryatyork.bsky.social

Marc Dickinson wins the Lewis Penny medal

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Simon Engelhart @sealevelchange.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

22-month postdoctoral position in the Durham Geography department working on Alaska paleogeodesy as part of NERC/NSF funded grant. More details here, application deadline is January 8th: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

An Alaskan coastal environment with vegetated beach ridges and a calm sea

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lornalinch.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

QRA ADM in Brighton, abstract submission deadline 10th November!!! Submit your abstracts for a talk or a poster @quaternaryra.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

And an extra special congratulations to our presentation and poster winners Ellery Littlewood and Sena Inkaya! 🥳

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

This week we held our postgraduate symposium co-hosted by Reading and Portsmouth Universities. It was two days of fantastic talks by our postgraduate community. We discussed quaternary careers in both academia and industry, and enjoyed keynote talks from Prof Nick Branch and Dr Mark Hardiman.

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Just over a week left to register for the QRA PGR symposium hosted by Reading university. Don’t forget to sign up before the 6th August!

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lornalinch.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE!! 5-8 Jan 2026 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting: “The Quaternary - Past Human and Environment Dynamics” at University of Brighton. Website and registration coming soon!! @quaternaryra.bsky.social

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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Still a couple of spaces on our North Wales @quaternaryra.bsky.social field trip in October 2025. QRA Engineering Group: Field course in engineering geology and sedimentology of glacial and periglacial terrains

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We are pleased to announce that this year's QRA Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the @uniofreading.bsky.social from the 27th - 29th August 2025, and is co-hosted by the University of Portsmouth. Tickets can be purchased here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1333917556...

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Our new micromorphology guide to the microscale analysis of glacial sediments and processes, edited by the fantastic Emrys Phillips and John Menzies is now available at the QRA bookshop! Get your copy here www.qra.org.uk/bookshop/mic... (don’t forget your members discount!) 📖🔬

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We had productive discussions about our latest publications, upcoming grants, and the future direction of the QRA. We couldn’t resist a trip to the Honours Wall, where a ladder was up to add the name of the new Busk Medal recipient: Prof Murray Gray. He joins an impressive list of past QRA winners!

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🧵4/4: Cwm Idwal is a National Nature Reserve in Eryri National Park, N.Wales. The dramatic landscape here has been shaped by glacial activity. You can explore Cwm Idwal via the VR glaciers Cwm Idwal virtual field trip developed by Dr Des McDougall.

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🧵3/4: The Norfolk coast is dominated by glacial sediments, in particular till, which was deposited beneath the huge ice sheet that covered the landscape 0.5 million years ago. These tills contain minerals, providing high quality farmland, but are being increasingly eroded due to rising sea levels.

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🧵2/4: Lower Bann valley drumlin field, Northern Ireland: the last ice sheet to cover Britain and Ireland moulded the lowland landscape into extensive fields of streamlined hills known as drumlins. Drumlins provide vital clues about the direction of ice flow within former ice sheets. 📷Alex Clark

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🧵1/4: Coire Lagain, Isle of Skye is a well-developed glacial cirque, eroded over numerous glaciations. At this site, pioneering glaciologist James Forbes (1809-1868) applied his observations of modern glaciers in the European Alps to the glacial erosional landforms of the Cullins. 📷Dave Evans

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Today is the World Day for Glaciers, so we thought we'd showcase some of the excellent glacial landscapes preserved in the UK...🧵

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we asked some women in quaternary science: "What sparked your interst in climate science?" Here are their responses....🧵1/6

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy International Women and Girls in Science day from the QRA! Today we get to celebrate the incredible scientific achievements of the women and girls in our quaternary community. Comment and tell us about the women and girls who have inspired you! 👩‍🔬 #womeninscience #womeninstem

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The assessors commented very positively on the scope and quality of the 11 entries that were short-listed out of 47 eligible papers. Congratulations to both Sean and Lucy! 🧵 4/4

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The runner-up is Lucy Blennerhassett from the Department of Geology at Trinity College Dublin, for her paper “Tephra detection without pre-separation in ashed peat” 🧵 3/4

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

This examined historical climate impacts on communities in SW USA based on a computational approach underpinned by the concept of acute drought stress. Sean is Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, having completed his PhD in Anthropology at Notre Dame University in 2023 🧵 2/4

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

**ECR Outstanding JQS paper award, 2024** The Dorothea Bate Prize for an outstanding paper by an ECR in the Journal of Quaternary Science has been awarded to Sean Field for his paper “Climate and Community in Central Mesa Verde". 🧵1/4

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

Journal of Quaternary Science news 🚨The QRA is delighted to announce that, following an open call for applicants earlier this year, Mary Edwards (Southampton) and Achim Brauer (Potsdam) will jointly take over the editorship of JQS from January 2025. This will succeed the current editor, Neil Roberts

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Please do sign up for the Joint QRA/IQUA Field meeting in Co. Louth, Ireland between the 5-7th April. Sign up using this form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... It’s going to be a great field trip! Do share to others who may be interested too beyond Bluesky

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

This year’s conference will include a workshop on Bayesian approaches to age-depth modelling, and an optional field trip to see the fascinating quaternary records present in the Irish landscape!

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Announcing this year’s postgraduate conference to be hosted by Queen’s University, Belfast from the 29 -31st August! This is a great opportunity to showcase your research in a friendly environment, and get to know other Quaternary ECRs. Registration will be open soon!

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

And thank you to Chris Field & Anna Keightley for talking us through the spaghnum farming & Care-Peat project work vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro...

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Stop 3: we are in the Manchester mosses at Little Woolden Moss. Jonathan Lageard talks us through the bog oaks & their dendrochronology from the wider region

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Stop 2: looking out across at a landslide, with thanks to Brandon from National Highways for explaining the stabilisation approaches here

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Stop 1: Lumb Mill in the Irwell Valley to view erratics and some unearthed organics from the BA. Then walking along a hypothesised kame terrace & viewing a WW1 zeppelin bomb site

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

The post ADM QRA24 fieldtrip is underway, starting up in the Irwell Valley near Lumb

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Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Our final session is part 2 of Glaciation in the Quaternary

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