Swiss Society for Quaternary Research (CH-QUAT)

CH-Quat Excursion 2025

September 19-20 Ticino and Northern Italy

Organisation:

• Cristiano Scapozza, SUPSI
• Sarah Kamleitner, Unil / UniZH
• Marc Lütscher, SISKA

Program:

• Friday: Mendrisio Quaternary Monte Generoso karst record
• Saturday: Ticino-Toce end moraine system: Alpe Cana (Brovello, I) Deglaciation and Lago Maggiore Maggia delta
• Sunday: Val Blenio rockfalls and more ….

Meeting point: Friday, Sep 19, 16h30 at Capolago train station

CH-QUAT Annual Meeting 2025

Saturday 15. March 2025

Extremes

"Extreme events" encompass the diverse research of the impacts of rapid changes such as climate shifts, fire , floods, or earth quakes, and their significance in Quaternary history.

Veranstaltungsort: Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Olivia Romppainen-Martius (Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks, University of Bern): Atmospheric extreme events and climate change
• Dr. François Burgay (Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel): From ash to ice: how ice cores can trace extreme events
• Prof. Katrina Kremer (Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern): TBA
• Prof. Donat Fäh (Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich): When a major earthquake strikes Switzerland
• Janis Polar (visual artist and cultural researcher): Flood, Storm, Heat, Fire: Images and Imaginations of Ecological Chaos and Catastrophe
• Dr. Andrej Maczkowski (Institute of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern): Extreme SEP events enable single-year dating and potential global synchronisation of archaeological records

Poster session: We organize a poster session open to any topic related to Quaternary Research. Please bring your poster in the format A0 portrait. Poster award for the best poster presentation by young researchers. Please provide the title and author line with registration.

Registration: until 7.3.2025 via link below