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Abstract Deadline Extended – “Tephra: Chronology, Stratigraphy, Hazards, & Climate”
8-16th September 2024, Catania, Sicily, Italy
ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENSION for Tephra: Chronology, Stratigraphy, Hazards, & Climate in Catania, Sicily, from September 8th-16th.
Due to many requests, we have decided to extend the abstract deadline to the same day as the registration deadline, JULY 15th.
*HOWEVER – the deadline for ECR funding support remains midnight local time on June 17th, and ECR funding applicants must still submit their abstracts by the same June 17th deadline to be eligible for financial support.
Announcements for funding will be made in the first week of July. Please note that funding is provided by reimbursement.
This is a joint conference run by the IAVCEI Commissions of Tephrochronology and Tephra Hazard Modelling and INQUA’s INTIMATE (INTegration of Ice-core, MArine, and TErrestrial palaeoclimate records). It is the 10th “tephra conference” since the 1960’s. This unique, smaller scale conference (capped at 125 attendees) pulls together anyone and everyone interested in tephra. There are no concurrent sessions, everyone will have a chance to see every talk and poster they want. The abstract call is guided by three broad themes: classic tephrostratigraphy and -chronology, tephra hazards, and tephra and climate.
For those who might have experienced earlier registration IT issues, they have been largely addressed. However, if you are stuck on the payment window, please try disabling your Adblocker or try another device and/or browser. If problems persist, please reach out to membership@cot.iavceivolcano.org
Key Dates
| May 13th 2024 | Abstract Submission Opens (Here) |
| May 13th 2024 | Registration Opens (Here) |
| May 13th 2024 | ECRs funding application opens (Here) |
| July 15th 2024 | Abstract submission closes (Extended) |
| June 17th 2024 | ECRs funding application closes |
| July 1st 2024 | Abstract acceptance and ECR funding outcome announced |
| July 15th 2024 | Registration closes |
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CoT Elections (2023) – Join the Team
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CoT at IAVCEI 2023 (Rotorua, NZ)
Happy New Year! COT is sponsoring two sessions at IAVCEI 2023 Scientific Assembly (Jan 29th to Feb 3rd) with a great line up of oral and poster presentations (the programme is now available https://confer.eventsair.com/iavcei2023/programme) Tephrochronology: new methods and applications for…
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CoT Membership
If you wish to become a member of the CoT and be placed on the mailing list please complete the CoT Membership Form found using the link below to a google doc. If you could also notify us of you…
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INQUA Roma 2023: Tephrochronology Session
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COT at the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Rotorua, New Zealand (30 Jan – 3 Feb 2023)
General The last few days of January and the first few days of February 2023 – unfortunately coincided with a “weather bomb” that wreaked havoc on Auckland and other parts of northern North Island of New Zealand – saw the…
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Save the Date: CoT International Conference
Commission on Tephrochronology (CoT) International Conference will be held in Catania, Sicily (8th-15th September 2024) Details below:
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First Circular: COT-INTIMATE-THM 2024 International Conference
“Tephra: Chronology, Stratigraphy, Hazards, & Climate” 8-16th September 2024, Catania, Sicily, Italy Dear colleagues, The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth Interior (IAVCEI) Commission of Tephrochronology (COT), Tephra Hazard Modelling (THM), and the INTegration of Ice-core, MArine,…
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