Commission on Tephrochronology Call for nominations – EDI Executive Positiondue: December 5th 2025 We are adding an additional executive position to the COT team: An Officer for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. You will join our team of Co-Chairs, an Officer…

Call for Abstracts: EGU General Assembly, 3–8 May 2026. Submission deadline 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET. The Commission on Tephrochronology is sponsoring three sessions with partners Tephra Hazard Modelling Commission, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, and the Tephra Information…

We are pleased to invite contributions to a forthcoming Special Issue of the Journal of Quaternary Science, entitled: Beyond the Eruption: Advances and Applications in Distal Tephra Analysis Across the Geosciences This special issue is also supported by the IAVCEI Commission…

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…

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…

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…