Swiss Society for Quaternary Research (CH-QUAT)

CH-Quat Excursion 2026

26.-27. September 2026, Valais

This year's CH-QUAT excursion will take place in the Valais focussing on Quaternary geology, natural hazards, and archaeology.
The excursion will include the following topics:

 Sierre landslide
 Archaeology at Pfynwald
 Quaternary geology of the Lötschen Valley
 Blatten landslide: Monitoring, hydrology, etc.
 Wine tasting in Salgesch
 ...

Organisation:

• Tobias Schwestermann
• Catharina Dieleman

Registration: e-mail to tobias.schwestermann@btgeo.ch until August 31, 2026

CH-QUAT Annual Meeting 2026

Saturday 14. March 2026

Humans in the Quaternary

This years meeting is dedicated to the theme “Humans in the Quaternary.” Humans have adapted to, influenced, and interpreted Quaternary environments across time and space.

Veranstaltungsort: Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Christian Rohr (University of Bern): The Worst Catastrophe ever: Imaginations and Explanations of the Deluge from Ancient Mesopotamia to Early Modern Science
• Caroline Heitz (University of Berne) and Kristin Ismail-Meyer (University of Basel): Years without summer, centuries of cold: Climate change resilience and vulnerabilities of Bronze Age Waterfront Communities
• Philipp Senn (NAGRA): Lange Zeiträume und Informationspflicht über Generationen: ein Werkstattbesuch bei der Nagra
• Renate Ebersbach (Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Baden-Württemberg): From Physalis alkekengi to PalaFitFood – a culinary journey through the world of neolithic pile dwellers
• Prof. Sarah Nemiah Ladd (University of Basel): Sedimentary molecular fossils record past cyanobacteria abundance in Swiss lake
• Prof. Joseph R. McConnell (Desert Research Institute, Nevada): History in ice: Estimating impacts of Roman-era industry on health

Poster session: We organize a poster session open to any topic related to Quaternary Research. Please bring your poster in the format A0 portrait. Poster award for the best poster presentation by young researchers. Please provide the title and author line with registration.

Registration: until 7.3.2026 via link below