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The Commission on Tephrochronology is having their general election this month! COT is soliciting nominations for positions until around January 20th. Please send nominations and a short biography to Britta (bjjensen@ualberta.ca), Peter Abbott (peter.abbott@unibe.ch), and Paul Albert (p.g.albert@swansea.ac.uk). Self-nominations are…

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…

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…

Are you attending the IAVCEI 2023 Scientific Assembly? A Commission on Tephrochronology (CoT) dinner is being arranged for Thursday February 2nd at 19:30 pm at Wild Rice Thai, “Eat Streat” (1114 Tutanekai Street), Rotorua: https://www.wildricethairotorua.co.nz. The restaurant is an easy…

Session 72: The role of Tephrochronology in the study of Earth system dynamics during the Quaternary: Event timings, duration and frequencies Oral Presentations: Wednesday, 19 July 4:15pm – 6:15pm and continues Thursday 20th July 8.30am-10.30am Poster Presentations: Thursday, 20th July…

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…

General As with the last major gathering of CoT members (IAVCEI, Rotorua, January 2023) – the XXI International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) ‘Time for Change’ congress coincided with extreme weather conditions – Rome baked in temperatures of 40 °C…

Commission on Tephrochronology (CoT) International Conference will be held in Catania, Sicily (8th-15th September 2024) Details below:

“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,…