[Aqualist] Comment on Proposed Australasian INTIMATE project

[Simon Haberle]

Message from Peter Kershaw, Secretary, INQUA Palaeoclimate Commission ....

Re: Proposed Australasian INTIMATE project - launch at Geological Society 
of New Zealand Conference this December

I commend the New Zealanders for taking initiative in attempting to get a 
regional INTIMATE project off the ground. However, I am a little concerned 
that, despite the claim that the focus of the project will not
be NZ centric, it seems from the intentions of the proposed workshops that 
either a general structure will be established essentially with little 
Australian input or, as happened with PAGES, New Zealand will establish a 
'mini transect' within the PEP2 transect. I suggest that, instead of 
waiting 12 months for a meeting with Australians at the Australasian 
Quaternary Association Conference by which time minds and projects will be 
set in place, the New Zealanders (or a representative) bring along 
suggestions for discussion at the Southern Connection Meeting in Cape Town 
in January 2004. This may not only provide an appropriate venue for 
Australian involvement, but also allow participation from those in other 
parts of the Southern Hemisphere who might be encouraged to form groups 
with comparable structures.


Peter Kershaw
Secretary, INQUA Palaeoclimate Commission
(Peter.Kershaw at arts.monash.edu.au)
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