Joint Association for Quaternary Research

Website: www.qra.org.uk

Aims

The primary aim of the Joint Association for Quaternary Research (JAQR) is to enhance awareness of the importance of the Quaternary period in the geological record of the UK, and elsewhere, by promoting research into the full range of Quaternary issues, by holding scientific meetings and courses, by encouraging the publication of research results, and by such other means deemed appropriate to an Association of the parent bodies.

The Quaternary has witnessed exceptionally rapid climatic and environmental changes that continue to impinge upon an increasingly complex, yet vulnerable, human society, A further aim of the JAQR, therefore, is to facilitate a stream of information between geologists and the non-geological community of Quaternary researchers (archaeologists, botanists, civil engineers, climatologists, geographers, glaciologists, soil scientists and others with an interest in understanding the Quaternary Period and resolving its problems.

Other sponsoring organisations

Quaternary Research Association

Chairman details

Chairman: Dr Simon Carr
Email: s.j.carr@qmul.ac.uk

Secretary details

Secretary: Dr Peter Langdon
Address: School of Geography,
University of Southampton, Highfield
Town/City: Southampton
Post Code: SO17 1BJ
Country: UK
Tel: +44 (0)2380 593215 (office)
Tel: +44 (0)2380 592226 (lab)
Email: P.G.Langdon@soton.ac.uk