Quaternary Research Association
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
The Quaternary Research Association (QRA) is an interdisciplinary scientific organisation dedicated to researching the last 2.6 Ma BP.
https://www.qra.org.uk
https://www.qra.org.uk
And an extra special congratulations to our presentation and poster winners Ellery Littlewood and Sena Inkaya! 🥳
August 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And an extra special congratulations to our presentation and poster winners Ellery Littlewood and Sena Inkaya! 🥳
This week we held our postgraduate symposium co-hosted by Reading and Portsmouth Universities. It was two days of fantastic talks by our postgraduate community. We discussed quaternary careers in both academia and industry, and enjoyed keynote talks from Prof Nick Branch and Dr Mark Hardiman.
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This week we held our postgraduate symposium co-hosted by Reading and Portsmouth Universities. It was two days of fantastic talks by our postgraduate community. We discussed quaternary careers in both academia and industry, and enjoyed keynote talks from Prof Nick Branch and Dr Mark Hardiman.
Just over a week left to register for the QRA PGR symposium hosted by Reading university. Don’t forget to sign up before the 6th August!
July 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just over a week left to register for the QRA PGR symposium hosted by Reading university. Don’t forget to sign up before the 6th August!
We are pleased to announce that this year's QRA Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the @uniofreading.bsky.social from the 27th - 29th August 2025, and is co-hosted by the University of Portsmouth. Tickets can be purchased here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1333917556...
May 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are pleased to announce that this year's QRA Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the @uniofreading.bsky.social from the 27th - 29th August 2025, and is co-hosted by the University of Portsmouth. Tickets can be purchased here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1333917556...
Our new micromorphology guide to the microscale analysis of glacial sediments and processes, edited by the fantastic Emrys Phillips and John Menzies is now available at the QRA bookshop! Get your copy here www.qra.org.uk/bookshop/mic... (don’t forget your members discount!) 📖🔬
May 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Our new micromorphology guide to the microscale analysis of glacial sediments and processes, edited by the fantastic Emrys Phillips and John Menzies is now available at the QRA bookshop! Get your copy here www.qra.org.uk/bookshop/mic... (don’t forget your members discount!) 📖🔬
We had productive discussions about our latest publications, upcoming grants, and the future direction of the QRA. We couldn’t resist a trip to the Honours Wall, where a ladder was up to add the name of the new Busk Medal recipient: Prof Murray Gray. He joins an impressive list of past QRA winners!
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We had productive discussions about our latest publications, upcoming grants, and the future direction of the QRA. We couldn’t resist a trip to the Honours Wall, where a ladder was up to add the name of the new Busk Medal recipient: Prof Murray Gray. He joins an impressive list of past QRA winners!
🧵4/4: Cwm Idwal is a National Nature Reserve in Eryri National Park, N.Wales. The dramatic landscape here has been shaped by glacial activity. You can explore Cwm Idwal via the VR glaciers Cwm Idwal virtual field trip developed by Dr Des McDougall.
March 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🧵4/4: Cwm Idwal is a National Nature Reserve in Eryri National Park, N.Wales. The dramatic landscape here has been shaped by glacial activity. You can explore Cwm Idwal via the VR glaciers Cwm Idwal virtual field trip developed by Dr Des McDougall.
🧵3/4: The Norfolk coast is dominated by glacial sediments, in particular till, which was deposited beneath the huge ice sheet that covered the landscape 0.5 million years ago. These tills contain minerals, providing high quality farmland, but are being increasingly eroded due to rising sea levels.
March 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🧵3/4: The Norfolk coast is dominated by glacial sediments, in particular till, which was deposited beneath the huge ice sheet that covered the landscape 0.5 million years ago. These tills contain minerals, providing high quality farmland, but are being increasingly eroded due to rising sea levels.
🧵2/4: Lower Bann valley drumlin field, Northern Ireland: the last ice sheet to cover Britain and Ireland moulded the lowland landscape into extensive fields of streamlined hills known as drumlins. Drumlins provide vital clues about the direction of ice flow within former ice sheets. 📷Alex Clark
March 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🧵2/4: Lower Bann valley drumlin field, Northern Ireland: the last ice sheet to cover Britain and Ireland moulded the lowland landscape into extensive fields of streamlined hills known as drumlins. Drumlins provide vital clues about the direction of ice flow within former ice sheets. 📷Alex Clark
🧵1/4: Coire Lagain, Isle of Skye is a well-developed glacial cirque, eroded over numerous glaciations. At this site, pioneering glaciologist James Forbes (1809-1868) applied his observations of modern glaciers in the European Alps to the glacial erosional landforms of the Cullins. 📷Dave Evans
March 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🧵1/4: Coire Lagain, Isle of Skye is a well-developed glacial cirque, eroded over numerous glaciations. At this site, pioneering glaciologist James Forbes (1809-1868) applied his observations of modern glaciers in the European Alps to the glacial erosional landforms of the Cullins. 📷Dave Evans
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we asked some women in quaternary science: "What sparked your interst in climate science?"
Here are their responses....🧵1/6
Here are their responses....🧵1/6
March 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay we asked some women in quaternary science: "What sparked your interst in climate science?"
Here are their responses....🧵1/6
Here are their responses....🧵1/6
Please do sign up for the Joint QRA/IQUA Field meeting in Co. Louth, Ireland between the 5-7th April.
Sign up using this form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It’s going to be a great field trip! Do share to others who may be interested too beyond Bluesky
Sign up using this form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It’s going to be a great field trip! Do share to others who may be interested too beyond Bluesky
March 19, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Please do sign up for the Joint QRA/IQUA Field meeting in Co. Louth, Ireland between the 5-7th April.
Sign up using this form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It’s going to be a great field trip! Do share to others who may be interested too beyond Bluesky
Sign up using this form here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It’s going to be a great field trip! Do share to others who may be interested too beyond Bluesky
Announcing this year’s postgraduate conference to be hosted by Queen’s University, Belfast from the 29 -31st August! This is a great opportunity to showcase your research in a friendly environment, and get to know other Quaternary ECRs. Registration will be open soon!
March 5, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Announcing this year’s postgraduate conference to be hosted by Queen’s University, Belfast from the 29 -31st August! This is a great opportunity to showcase your research in a friendly environment, and get to know other Quaternary ECRs. Registration will be open soon!
And thank you to Chris Field & Anna Keightley for talking us through the spaghnum farming & Care-Peat project work
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January 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
And thank you to Chris Field & Anna Keightley for talking us through the spaghnum farming & Care-Peat project work
vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro...
vb.nweurope.eu/projects/pro...
Stop 3: we are in the Manchester mosses at Little Woolden Moss. Jonathan Lageard talks us through the bog oaks & their dendrochronology from the wider region
January 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Stop 3: we are in the Manchester mosses at Little Woolden Moss. Jonathan Lageard talks us through the bog oaks & their dendrochronology from the wider region
Stop 2: looking out across at a landslide, with thanks to Brandon from National Highways for explaining the stabilisation approaches here
January 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Stop 2: looking out across at a landslide, with thanks to Brandon from National Highways for explaining the stabilisation approaches here
Stop 1: Lumb Mill in the Irwell Valley to view erratics and some unearthed organics from the BA. Then walking along a hypothesised kame terrace & viewing a WW1 zeppelin bomb site
January 7, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Stop 1: Lumb Mill in the Irwell Valley to view erratics and some unearthed organics from the BA. Then walking along a hypothesised kame terrace & viewing a WW1 zeppelin bomb site
The post ADM QRA24 fieldtrip is underway, starting up in the Irwell Valley near Lumb
January 7, 2024 at 10:31 AM
The post ADM QRA24 fieldtrip is underway, starting up in the Irwell Valley near Lumb
Our final session is part 2 of Glaciation in the Quaternary
January 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Our final session is part 2 of Glaciation in the Quaternary
The inclusivity panel is underway
January 6, 2024 at 2:04 PM
The inclusivity panel is underway