Quaternary Research Association Registered Charity no: 262124

OCTOBER 2005

CIRCULAR

CONTENTS

1. QRA Administration 2. Proposed new members of the Executive Committee 3. Outreach activities: request for information 4. QRA Membership List Reminder 5. Quaternary Newsletter 6. Inaugural meeting of the British Permafrost and Periglacial Association, 14th December 2005. 7. Annual Discussion Meeting, University of Glasgow, 5th-6th January 2005, ‘Isotope (Radiogenic, Cosmogenic and Stable) and Noble Gas Analysis in Quaternary Research’ 8. Annual Field Meeting and AGM, , 2nd-7th April 2006 9. Joint meeting with the British Geomorphological Research Group on Geomorphology and Earth System Science, 28th-30th June 2006, University of Loughborough

10. Geoarchaeology 2006, University of Exeter, 12th-15th September 2006 11. Group Manche meeting, Cenozoic history of the English Channel, University of Southampton, 14th-17th september 2006

12. QRA Research and Conference Grants 13. Journal of Quaternary Science 14. Quaternary Science Reviews, The Holocene and Boreas 15. Calendar of QRA Meetings QRA CIRCULAR: October 2005

1. QRA ADMINISTRATION

The Executive Committee has been struggling for a few years now to maintain efficient systems for membership subscriptions and publications. We are therefore delighted that we have been able to appoint Valerie Siviter as the QRA Administrator. She is already handling publications orders and dealing with the regular mailing of Quaternary Newsletter and the Circular. In due course she will also look after the membership database. Val can be contacted at [email protected].

Please send all orders for publications to Val. Alterations to membership details should continue to go to Jen Heathcote ([email protected]) for the time being.

2. PROPOSED NEW MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

We welcomed a new postgraduate member of the Executive Committee in September. Kathryn Rose from the University of Southampton replaces Fionna Ross and will represent the QRA postgraduate community for the next two years.

Three members of the Executive committee complete their terms of office in April 2006. Danielle Schreve (Awards officer) and Della Murton (Ordinary Member with responsibility for outreach) have served the QRA extremely well and have earned a rest. As Secretary, I also come to the end of my period of office but won’t comment on whether I’ve done a good job or not! We have managed to convince a very able group of people to stand for these positions for the April 2006 AGM. An existing member of the committee, Mick Frogley, will assume responsibility for the awards.

The proposed members of the Executive Committee are: Secretary: Dr Simon Lewis (Queen Mary) Ordinary member (Outreach): Dr David Anderson (Eton College) Ordinary member: Dr Becky Briant

Unless other nominations are passed to the Secretary by January 1st 2006, the nominees named above will begin their terms of office in April 2006. If other nominations are made, there will be a ballot issued in the February 2006 circular.

Dan Charman (Secretary)

3. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The outreach web page (http://www.qra.org.uk/outreach.htm) now contains listings of field and discussion meetings that may be of interest to either QRA members or accessible to the general public. If you know of any forthcoming meetings, organised by local geological/geographical societies for example, then please forward details (dates, time, venue, a brief description of the event and the organiser’s contact details) to me. Della Murton [email protected]

4. MEMBERSHIP LIST REMINDER

Members are reminded that the membership list is now available on-line on a password protected area of the QRA website. This will enable us to provide more up to date information and to save the cost of printing and distributing the hard copy of the list. To obtain your password please email Jason Jordan ([email protected]), including your name, address and email details. The latter will be used to update the email distribution list. If you do not wish to be included on the email distribution list please mention this in your email. If you do not have access to the internet and would like to receive a paper copy of the membership list, please write to the membership secretary, Dr Jen Heathcote, English Heritage, 24 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 2BU.

5. QUATERNARY NEWSLETTER

Copy for the February 2006 QN should be in the hands of the Newsletter Editor, Dr Tim Mighall (Dr Email: [email protected], Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, UK), no later than 1st January 2006.

6. INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL ASSOCIATION, Weds 14th December 2005.

The British Permafrost and Periglacial Association (BPPA) will hold its inaugural meeting at Cardiff University on Wednesday 14th December 2005. The BPPA has developed from the Cryostratigraphy Research Group of the QRA (1996–2000) and the UK Adhering Body of the International Permafrost Association (1983–2004). The BPPA will foster research in cryogenic processes and reconstruction of Quaternary periglacial environments, and promote public understanding of cold non-glacial environments. The Association will also act as the UK Adhering Body to the IPA, and provide a representative on the IPA Council. Understanding of permafrost and periglacial processes is increasingly important in view of the unusually rapid environmental changes underway in the Arctic and Subarctic, and their major impacts on the global climate system (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment 2004; see overview report at http://amap.no/acia/). It is also timely to coordinate and promote Britain’s permafrost and periglacial contribution to the International Polar Year 2007–8.

Contributions to the Cardiff meeting are invited on topics covering all aspects of permafrost and periglacial research, or on interdisciplinary themes such as permafrost-glacier interactions, cold- climate fluvial systems, dating of periglacial deposits and palaeoecology of cold Pleistocene environments. Research students are particularly encouraged to present their work.

Organisers: Professor Charles Harris (Cardiff University) & Dr Julian Murton (Sussex University).

Please submit abstracts for oral presentations or posters to: Professor Charles Harris School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University Main Building, PO Box 914, Park Place Cardiff, CF10 3YE

Tel +44 (0) 2920 874336 Fax +44 (0) 2920 874326 e-mail: [email protected] 7. QRA ANNUAL DISCUSSION MEETING ISOTOPE (RADIOGENIC, COSMOGENIC AND STABLE) AND NOBLE GAS ANALYSIS IN QUATERNARY RESEARCH University of Glasgow, 5-6th January 2005 Organised jointly by the University of Glasgow, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory and the University of Edinburgh.

This two-day meeting will review the application of isotope analysis across a broad range of research problems in Quaternary Science and explore both technical and methodological challenges in the measurement process before focussing on the diverse applications and their specific requirements.

The meeting will start with the 5th Annual John Wiley Lecture by Professor Darryl Granger of Purdue University whose title is “Deciphering exposure-burial histories with multiple cosmogenic nuclides” and conclude with Professor Chris Hawkesworth, FRS (Bristol) whose title is “Telling time in the Quaternary”.

Other invited speakers include: Professor Melanie Leng (BGS) “Stable isotopes in lake sediments” Dr Tibor Dunai (Edinburgh) “Preservation and change of old landscapes – a continental climate archive” Dr Danny McCarroll (Swansea) “Reconstructing past climate using stable isotopes in tree rings” Dr Fin Stuart (SUERC) “Determining rates and processes of landscape development using stable cosmogenic nuclides” Dr Susan Ivy Ochs (Zurich) Title to be confirmed Professor Marshall McCabe (Ulster) “Marine records and ice sheet history in the British Isles” Dr Eric Wolff (BAS) “Use of stable and cosmogenic isotopes in ice core studies”

Call for contributed papers and posters Contributed papers and posters are sought. If you would like to present a paper or poster on a topic related to the themes of the meeting, please complete the appropriate section of the registration form. Further programme information and registration details can also be found at the meeting web site http://www.qra.org.uk/QRA2006.

The deadline for registration and paper and poster submission is 18th November.

Further information

Further information can be obtained from: Prof Marian Scott, Dept of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW ([email protected]; t: 0141 330 5125, f: 0141 330 4814) 8. QRA ANNUAL FIELD MEETING: CHEDDAR, SOMERSET 2nd-8th APRIL 2006

Provisional Programme The meeting will held jointly with the International Quaternary Union (INQUA) working group on short term sea-level change and coastal vulnerability.

Sunday 2nd April: Arrival. Short introductory evening talks on the conference themes – Pleistocene (Chris Hunt) and Holocene (Simon Haslett).

Monday 3rd April: Pleistocene and Holocene section at (Martin Bell, Andy Currant, Chris Hunt),Woodspring Raised Beach (Chris Hunt) and an interglacial site at Kenn.

Tuesday 4th April: Mendip region. Holocene evolution of the Lox Yeo Valley (Huw Williams, Simon Haslett and Chris Hunt), Bleadon Bone cave (Andy Currant), Holocene tufa and Pleistocene gravels along south Mendip (Paul Davies, Chris Hunt, Mark Macklin).

Wednesday 5th April: Glastonbury Lake Village, Somerset Levels Project and Peat Moor Visitor Centre (Bryony Orme, Richard Brunning), interglacial sites near Street (Chris Hunt), Nyland Hill Holocene type site (Simon Haslett, Paul Davies, Emma Vowles). QRA AGM in evening.

Thursday 6th April: Pleistocene of Court Hill (Chris Hunt) Gordano (Tom Hill, Chris Spencer, Wendy Woodland), Nightingale Valley (Chris Hunt), gravels of the Bristol Avon (Chris Hunt, Martin Bates).

Friday 7th April: Burtle Bed interglacial site (Cutley and/or ), Langport gap sites (Chris Hunt), Low Ham (Chris Hunt) King’s Sedgemoor Holocene sequence (Cath Eales, Simon Haslett, Paul Davies).

Saturday 8th April: Depart.

For further details please contact the host convenor: Prof. Simon Haslett, Quaternary Research Centre, Department of Geography, School of Science and the Environment, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Bath, BA2 9BN, . Telephone +44 (0)1225 875585; FAX +44 (0)1225 875776 Email [email protected]; visit the School website at http:// oldsite.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/science-and-the-environment/

See booking form on the QRA website (www.qra.org.uk) and in this circular 9. QRA SHORT FIELD MEETING TO THE ISLES OF SCILLY 9th-13th MAY 2006

THE SCILLY ICE LIMIT: ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON

Organiser: James Scourse, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales (Bangor).

Leaders: James Scourse, Danny McCarroll (University of Wales Swansea), John Hiemstra (University of Wales Swansea), Dave Evans (University of Durham), Rob Scaife (University of Southampton), Charlie Johns (Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council).

In 1906 George Barrow, in the Geological Memoir for the islands, first proposed that the northern Isles of Scilly had been glaciated. This QRA short field meeting celebrates one hundred years of the “Scilly Glacial Theory” and it is also exactly twenty years since the Association last visited the islands in 1986. Over these twenty years important new research data have been published and new research lines opened up which have further illuminated one of the most intriguing localities in the British Quaternary. The ice limit on Scilly is one of the most well-defined in Britain and now, arguably, one of the best dated. Nevertheless the age of the glaciation concerned remains highly controversial. This excursion will re-visit the classic sections, take in some new ones and report new data. The Pleistocene glacial, periglacial, sea level and vegetational history if the islands will form the core of the excursion, but we will also visit important Holocene palaeoecological sites, review much new evidence on Holocene inter-tidal peats and evidence for relative sea-level change, and take in the most important of the archaeological sites.

Provisional programme

Travel to Hugh Town, St Mary’s: a block booking on a British International Helicopters flight from Penzance to St Mary’s in the late afternoon of Tuesday 9th May will be arranged (likely cost £80-£100 return). The flight takes 20 minutes and generally avoids the compulsory copious vomiting which afflicts all who set foot on the RV Scillonian. Penzance Heliport is only a short distance from the railway station in Penzance, and car parking is available at the Heliport.

Please note that this excursion will involve extensive rough walking. The routes taken on all islands will be on foot and there will be no motorised transport other than boat transport to the off islands. Dinner will be provided on the first evening but thereafter delegates should make their own arrangements amongst the many and varied outlets in Hugh Town. An evening boat trip (with liquid refreshment) will be arranged to view Quaternary sites from a marine perspective, in particular the ice limit, and to observe bird and sea life. The cost of this trip will be included in the overall cost of the meeting, and its timing will be weather-dependent.

Day 1: Tuesday 9th May

Arrival, dinner (arranged, and included in cost for meeting) and evening talk(s) in the Isles of Scilly Museum.

Day 2: Wednesday 10th May: St Mary’s

Porthloo: periglacial solifluction deposits Carn Morval: full glacial (MIS 3/2) organic deposits and vegetational history Halangy Down: Iron Age settlement Bar Point: buried Holocene soil profiles Innisidgen: buried Holocene soil profiles and palynology Watermill Cove: raised beach, solifluction and full glacial (MIS 3/2) organic deposits and vegetational history Higher and Lower Moors: Holocene topogenous mire, palaeoecology and vegetational history Peninnis Head: extra-glacial granite tors Porth Cressa: MIS2 loessic deposits

Day 3: Thursday 11th May: St Martin’s

Porth Seal: raised beach and full glacial (MIS 3/2) organic deposits Pernagie: onshore moraine ridges and trimlines Pernagie Bar/White Island Bar: moraines and till now in inter-tidal zone Chad Girt, White Island: Barrow’s classic section, including periglacially reworked glacial sediments Bread and Cheese Cove: Scilly Till stratotype and till sedimentology, full glacial (MIS 3/2) organic deposits Chapel Down: glaciated upland

Day 4: Friday 12th May: Tresco and Bryher

Gimble Porth, Tresco: tracing the ice limit Battery, Tresco: outwash gravels, including new luminescence dates Tregarthen Hill, Tresco: glaciated upland Castle Porth, Tresco: tracing the ice limit Shipman Head, Bryher: boulder moraine, including new cosmogenic date

Day 5: Saturday 13th May

Depart (early morning flight on helicopter) to Penzance

The cost for this excursion, not including transport to Scilly, but including all costs on Scilly except dinners on the 10th-12th, is £250 per person. Two places have been reserved in the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust bunkhouse at the Woolpack, Garrison, St Mary’s (an interesting underground self catering conversion of an early twentieth century concrete naval gun emplacement) for the reduced cost of £100 per person (ideal for students).

Numbers for this excursion will be limited to 25 and will be on a first come, first served basis. There has been considerable early interest in this excursion so anybody interested is advised to book early. See booking form in this circular and on website. 10. JOINT MEETING WITH THE BRITISH GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESEARCH GROUP ON GEOMORPHOLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE 28-30 June 2006, University of Loughborough

Rationale Earth System Science (ESS) is a rapidly emerging paradigm within the geosciences, one of the principal implications of which is the need to understand the relationship between earth surface processes and global change resulting from climatic fluctuations, tectonics and human impact. The science of Geomorphology underpins the study of earth surface dynamics yet the geomorphological community has been relatively slow to engage with recent developments in cognate disciplines that are revealing how the earth system functions and how change is manifested (and propagated) regionally and globally. Conversely, exciting new work on the measurement and modelling of earth surface processes by geomorphologists is being significantly underused to help interpret or validate the results of the ESS community.

Purpose This conference will, for the first time, critically review the position and role of Geomorphology within ESS with the intention of initiating a dialogue between geoscientists (including relevant social scientist), particularly those who are actively involved in managing and mitigating the effects of environmental change. One of the anticipated outcomes is an improved knowledge of how, and at what rate, climate change, tectonics and human impact signals are processed, propagated and recorded by geomorphic systems. Sessions will consider the relations between environmental change and geomorphic systems over instrumental, Holocene and longer timescales.

Dates and Venue The meeting will be convened on behalf of the British Geomorphological Research Group (http:// www.bgrg.org/) by Mark Macklin (Aberystwyth) and Stephen Rice (Loughborough) and will held at the University of Loughborough (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/) from Wednesday June 28th to Friday June 30th 2006.

Programme The conference will be structured around a series of plenary sessions that consider different geomorphological systems (e.g. coastal, glacial) and cross-cutting, integrative themes (e.g. modelling, tectonics, geochronology, human-environment interactions). Each plenary session will include a keynote paper and additional oral presentations. There will also be a dedicated session for publication- quality posters. The Keynote Address will be given by Keith Richards (Cambridge) and invited speakers include Julian Dowdeswell (Cambridge), Rob Kemp (Royal Holloway), Alayne Street- Perrott (Swansea), Ian Shennan (Durham) and David Thomas (Oxford).

Publications We are negotiating publication of papers and posters in a series of journal special issues including the BGRG’s journal Earth Surface Processes & Landforms.

Abstracts Abstracts (not exceeding 250 words) should be e-mailed to Mark Macklin ([email protected]) stating whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred. There will be relatively few oral presentations and we therefore encourage authors to consider the benefits of a poster presentation. All presentations should explicitly consider the relationship between Geomorphology and ESS, and papers that adopt an interdisciplinary approach are particularly welcome. The deadline for abstract submission is Friday 23rd December 2005 and authors will be informed of decisions no later than 31st January 2006.

Information http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/gess.html

11.GEOARCHAEOLOGY 2006 (Co-sponsored by the QRA) University of Exeter, 12th-15th September 2006 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

The conference will cover all aspects of geoarchaeology but sessions will include:

• Fluvial geoarchaeology, floodplains and terraces • Coastal environments and archaeology • Geoarchaeology and environmental change • Soils and archaeology • New techniques in geoarchaeology

In addition there will be a session devoted to recent Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) Projects

Invited keynote speakers include Karl Butzer, Greame Barker and Jim Rose

Further details will be sent out by email and will be available at http://www.ex.ac.uk/sogaer/

Either fill out the form and send it to Geoarch 06, SoGAER, Amory Building, Rennes Dr, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ or preferably email the details below to Tony Brown ([email protected])

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I am interested in attending and wish to receive the 1s circular:…………………………………… . I would like to present a poster or paper entitled:…………………………………………………... 12.GROUP MANCHE MEETING (QRA/AFEQ/ENGLISH NATURE) CENOZOIC HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL University of Southampton, 14th-17th September 2006

Announcement and Call for papers

The Quaternary history of the English Channel has most recently been reviewed in a special issue of the Journal of Quaternary Science produced by Groupe Manche members. This emphasised the importance of the channel region to a wide range of specialists including geographers, geologists, biologist, archaeologists and climate specialists, and a wide range of topics were covered in these reviews. More recently within the British sector of the channel substantial funding has been made available by English Heritage in the last 3 years for evaluation of the submarine component of the archaeological record and its associated geological and biological context. We propose that a review of all the relevant projects working in or adjacent to the channel is now timely and necessary in order to direct research priorities over the next decade. It is proposed that this meeting addresses these issues through a series of presentations and group discussions.

Proposed subject areas: - Modelling Quaternary sediments in the submarine zone: methods and results - Integration of the marine and terrestrial records of the Channel region - Ecology and landscapes of the Channel floor area during periods of emergence - Human occupation and utilisation of the Channel floor region: fact or fiction?

Venue and timing This meeting will be held at the University of Southampton between Wednesday 13 September and Sunday 17 September 2006 and has been arranged to include 2 days of formal meetings with an additional 2 days visiting areas of importance to the evolution of the Channel area in the Sussex/ Hampshire Coastal Corridor and the Solent region.

Outline Programme Arrive Southampton, evening Wednesday 13th September Presentations and discussions, Thursday 14th and Friday 15th Field trips to coastal sites, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th am Depart Sunday 17th afternoon

Contact in Britain: Dr. Martin Bates, Department of Archaeology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, UK SA48 7ED [email protected] 13. QRA RESEARCH AND CONFERENCE GRANTS

Please note: Full details of all QRA grants and application forms are available on the website (www.qra.org.uk). Applicants for awards should read the details carefully before submitting an application.

The deadline for nomination for the Lewis Penny Medal award is approaching fast – 15th November!

If you require a hard copy, please contact Danielle Schreve at:

Dr Danielle Schreve Department of Geography Royal Holloway University of London Egham Surrey TW20 0EX Email: [email protected]

The main schemes and deadlines are:

Quaternary Research Fund To foster research in any area of Quaternary studies Eligibility: Members of the QRA of at least one year’s standing (NB postgraduates should apply to the New Research Workers Awards) Deadlines: 15th January, 15th May and 15th September Awards: £50-500

New Research Workers' Awards To foster research in any area of Quaternary studies by postgraduate students Eligibility: Postgraduate student members of the QRA of at least 6 months’ standing Deadlines: 15th January, 15th May and 15th September Awards: Up to £500

Quaternary Conference Fund To assist attendance at Quaternary science conferences and field meetings. Eligibility: Members of the QRA of at least one year’s standing Deadlines: 15th January, 15th May and 15th September Awards: Normally up to £250

The Bill Bishop Award To provide support for field-based research in the subject of geology and related sciences in the fields of (i) Cenozoic stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and chronology in relation to hominid evolution and (ii) British Quaternary stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and geomorphology Eligibility: Full and part time PhD and MPhil students Deadline: 15th January annually Maximum award: £800 Lewis Penny Medal Awarded to a young or new research worker, and who has made a significant contribution to the Quaternary Stratigraphy of the British Isles and its maritime environment. Deadline for nominations: 15th November annually.

QRA-RLAHA Luminescence Dating Award Set up in collaboration with the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at Oxford University, up to six optically-stimulated luminescence dates (from Pleistocene or Holocene sediments) will be awarded. Eligibility: PhD students Deadline: January 15th annually.

Postgraduate QRA Meetings Awards To enable a greater number of postgraduates to attend QRA meetings. Eligibility: Any registered postgraduate who has been a member of the QRA for more than 6 months Deadlines: For Easter Annual Field Meeting or May Short Field Meeting: January 15th For September Short Field Meeting: May 15th For January Annual Discussion Meeting: September 15th Awards: 50% of the costs of the meeting (excluding travel to the venue); six awards for the Annual Field Meeting, six awards for the Annual Discussion Meeting and three awards for the Short Field Meeting

14. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

John Wiley offers Journal of Quaternary Science to members of the QRA at £60 per year for the eight issues of 2005. Postgraduate member rates are even lower at £30 for the year. This represents outstanding value for money for the Association’s major international journal.

The Executive Committee of the QRA urges all members to consider supporting JQS, the journal of the QRA. A subscription to JQS has always been a very good deal and an excellent means of extending your support for the Association. The Association gains financially from JQS subscriptions and this is an important means of generating funds for members' scientific activities (see the section on funding). Therefore, we hope that you will give the matter of a JQS subscription very serious consideration.

For further subscription details contact the Journals Subscriptions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1 Oldlands Way, Bognor Regis, W. Sussex, PO22 9SA. Tel: +44 (0) 1243 779777; Fax: +44 (0) 1243 843232; e-mail: [email protected]; http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0267-8179/

15. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, THE HOLOCENE AND BOREAS

Elsevier offer Quaternary Science Reviews to members of the QRA at reduced rates.

For further subscription details contact Elsevier Science, Regional Sales Office, Customer Support Department, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 20 485 3757; Fax: +31 20 485 3432; e-mail: [email protected]

The Holocene and Boreas are also available at lower rates. Full details and contacts are available on the journals page of the QRA website - http://www.qra.org.uk/journals.htm#JQS. 16. CALENDAR OF QRA MEETINGS

NOTE: Offers to arrange meetings are always welcome and should be forwarded to the Meetings Officer, Dr Simon Carr, Department of Geography, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, Email: [email protected]

5th – 6th January 2006 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting ‘Isotope (radiogenic, cosmogenic and stable) and noble gas analysis in Quaternary research.’ Venue: Glasgow Organisers: Marian Scott, Paul Bishop (University of Glasgow), Tony Fallick (SUERC), Charlotte Bryant (NERC), Mike Summerfield (Edinburgh). Contact: Marian Scott, [email protected] See details in this circular

2nd-8th April 2006 QRA Annual Field Meeting and AGM: The Quaternary of Somerset Venue: Cheddar, Somerset Organisers: Chris Hunt, Simon Haslett, Robert Van de Noordt, Tony Brown Contact: Simon Haslett or Chris Hunt, [email protected] See details in this circular

9th-13th May 2006 Short Field Meeting: Isles of Scilly Venue: Isles of Scilly Organisers: James Scourse, Rob Scaife Contact: James Scourse, [email protected]

28th-30th June 2006 Joint Meeting with the British Geomorphological Research Group On Geomorphology And Earth System Science Venue: University of Loughborough Organisers: Mark Macklin, Stephen Rice Contact: Mark Macklin, [email protected] See details in this circular

12th-15th September 2006 Geoarchaeology 2006 (Co-sponsored by the QRA) Venue: University of Exeter Organiser and contact: Tony Brown, [email protected] See details in this circular

14th-17th September 2006 Group Manche Meeting (QRA/AFEQ/English Nature) Cenozoic history of the English Channel Venue: University of Southampton, Organiser and contact: Martin Bates, [email protected] See details in this circular

September 2006 Short field Meeting: Brecon Beacons Venue: Brecon Organisers: Simon Carr, Chris Coleman, Dave Evans Contact: Simon Carr, [email protected]

January 2007 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting "The Last British Ice Sheet: Growth, Maximum Extent and Deglaciation". Venue: St Andrews Organisers: Bill Austin, Colin Ballantyne, Doug Benn, Dave Evans, Danny McCarroll and James Scourse. e-mail: Bill Austin, [email protected]

Regular updates and details of meetings of interest to the QRA are available, along with links to sites of interest to Quaternary scientists, on the WWW at: http://www.qra.org.uk , Web master: [email protected]

QRA Circular compiled for QRA members by

Dan Charman, School of Geography, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1752 233058, Fax: +44 (0)1752 233054 Email: [email protected]