Four candidates have been nominated to run for two ECR Representative positions on the CoT Executive. Below is a short biography for each candidate, and why they would like to be appointed as a ECR representative. Please follow the Link…

Tephra 2024: Chronology, Stratigraphy, Hazards, & Climate (Catania, Italy) This past September, the Commission on Tephrochronology (COT), with the Commission on Tephra Hazard Modelling (THM) and the INTegration of Ice-core, MArine, and TErrestrial palaeoclimate records (INTIMATE) network of the International…

23-25th April 2025 – GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany The Commission on Tephrochronology (COT) was pleased to co-sponsor the Tephra Workshop: Stronger Together in the Mediterranean, held at GEOMAR, Kiel Germany. The April 2025 workshop was organised by Julie Belo (GEOMAR), Steffen…

23th – 25th April 2025 held at GEOMAR, Kiel Dear colleagues, Please find below the second circular and details relating to the “Tephrochronostratigraphy and associated research of the Mediterranean” meeting to be held in Kiel April 2025. Follow the links…

Nominations due: April 30th 2025 Elections are coming up for the COT executive and we are looking for people interested to run. Positions are Chair, Officer of Communications, Officer of Membership, Officer of Meetings and Early Career Researcher Representative. Descriptions…

Dear all, For those attending the upcoming COT-INTIMATE-THM 2024 International Conference “Tephra: Chronology, Stratigraphy, Hazards, & Climate” 8-15 September 2024, Catania, Sicily, Italy, please find below the Abstract Volume and Conference schedule. Abstract Volume: Conference Schedule:

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…

“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,…

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

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…