{"id":255,"date":"2023-08-07T12:48:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/?p=255"},"modified":"2024-05-08T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:11:08","slug":"cot-at-the-xxi-inqua-2023-congress-rome-italy-14th-20th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/cot-at-the-xxi-inqua-2023-congress-rome-italy-14th-20th-july\/","title":{"rendered":"COT at the XXI INQUA 2023 Congress, Rome, Italy (14th \u2013 20th July)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-380x380.jpg 380w\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"22won2bg 400x400 1\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"22won2bg 400x400 1\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/22won2bg_400x400-1-380x380.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\">General<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As with the last major gathering of CoT members (IAVCEI, Rotorua, January 2023) &#8211; the XXI International Union for Quaternary Research (<strong>INQUA<\/strong>) \u2018Time for Change\u2019 congress coincided with extreme weather conditions \u2013 Rome baked in temperatures of 40 \u00b0C +, yet despite the temperatures we saw the successful running of the congress hosted by Sapienza University of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 1.31632653061\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4.png 733w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4-106x140.png 106w\" width=\"392\" height=\"516\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 4\" style=\"width:392px;height:516px\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 4\" style=\"width:392px;height:516px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4.png 733w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-4-106x140.png 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Despite the warm conditions the official INQUA mammoth was still in attendance at Sapienza. Photo: P. Albert.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"block-heading\">CoT at INQUA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CoT formerly INQUA&#8217;s &#8211; International Focus Group On Tephrochronology And Volcanism (INTAV) &#8211; retains strong links within the INQUA community, and this was reflected by a extremely well attended Tephrochronology session held at the congress. INQUA session 72 entitled: <em>The role of Tephrochronology in the study of Earth system dynamics during the Quaternary: Event timings, duration and frequencies<\/em>, was co-convened by Biagio Giaccio (CNR, Roma), Paul Albert (Swansea University), Sabine Wulf (University of Portsmouth) and Giovanni Zanchetta (Universit\u00e0 di Pisa).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session comprised of 14 oral presentations, and 16 poster presentations, and spanned spanned Wednesday 19 July and Thursday 20 July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"block-heading\">Wednesday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s activities began with a posters session, followed by the first 7 oral presentations in the late afternoon,  Christine Lane (Cambridge University) opened proceedings with a key note talk focused on the tephrostratigraphy of the DeepCHALLA sediment record taken on the Tanzania\/Kenya border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.398936170213\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-351x140.png 351w\" width=\"940\" height=\"375\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 6\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 6\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-768x306.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-6-351x140.png 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Left to right, Jenni Hopkins, Polina Vakhrameeva<\/em> and Daniela M\u00fcller<em> presenting their posters in the first instalment of the tephrochronology posters. Photos. S. Davies. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.365957446809\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-768x281.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-383x140.png 383w\" width=\"940\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 7\" style=\"width:943px;height:345px\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 7\" style=\"width:943px;height:345px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-768x281.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-7-383x140.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Late afternoon talks: Paul Albert (left) on using cryptotephra to examine eruption under reporting in East Asia (Photo: D. McLean) and Bianca Scateni examining the most recent activity at the nearby Alban Hills volcanic complex (Photo: P. Albert). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An informal networking &#8211; social &#8211; was held on the evening of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> at the nearby &#8216;<em>Apartment<\/em>&#8216; bar, bringing together CoT members with those of the VICS (Volcanic Impacts on Climate and Society) community, who had also held a INQUA session on the Wednesday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"block-heading\">Thursday <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The oral presentations continued early on Thursday 20 July with a further 7 talks, and these were followed shortly afterwards by another poster session (below). The quality of the research presented within the session was excellent, particularly impressive was the high number and quality of the contributions made by the ECRs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.346808510638\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-404x140.png 404w\" width=\"940\" height=\"326\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 8\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 8\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-8-404x140.png 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Early morning talks from PhD student Hannah Wynton focusing on East African Rift derived cryptotephra deposits preserved in lake sediments (left), which was immediately followed by Victoria Smith (right) focusing on explosive eruptions at Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy. Photos: Danielle McLean<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image aligncenter size-full\"><div class=\"loading-placeholder shine\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/ 0.440425531915\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-318x140.png 318w\" width=\"940\" height=\"414\" src=\"\/\/:0\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 10\" style=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10.png\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Image 10\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10.png 940w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/image-10-318x140.png 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Left to right, Rengin \u00d6zsoy, Gill Plunkett, and Takehiko Suzuki presenting their posters in the second and final instalment of the tephrochronology session.<\/em> Photos: Siwan Davies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General As with the last major gathering of CoT members (IAVCEI, Rotorua, January 2023) &#8211; the XXI International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) \u2018Time for Change\u2019 congress coincided with extreme weather conditions \u2013 Rome baked in temperatures of 40 \u00b0C&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":604,"featured_media":257,"ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cot.iavceivolcano.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}