[Aqualist] INQUA2023: Cave deposits for in deep understanding Quaternary climate and environment

[Micha C]

Dear colleagues,

We kindly would like to draw you attention to the session *Cave deposits
for in deep understanding Quaternary climate and environment*, for the next
INQUA Conference (July 2023, Rome, Italy).

The deadline for abstract submission (and financial support request) is
November 1st, 2022. Further information can be found at
https://inquaroma2023.org/.

*Session description*

Cave deposits efficiently record past climatic and environmental
conditions. Either clastic sediments or chemically precipitated deposits
(speleothems) can indeed retain important insights about variation in
temperatures, rainfall amount and source, seasonality, vegetation and soil
status, hydrology as well as many other key-aspects of the Quaternary
Period. This is accomplished throughout the study of
physic-bio-geochemical, petro-mineralogic and sediment-stratigraphic
characteristic of cave deposits, which can be rigidly anchored to
low-uncertainty geochronology thanks to the modern dating techniques (ie.
U-Th, U-Pb, 14C, OSL, etc.). Furthermore, the association of these
geological archives with models can help to improve the understanding of
Quaternary conditions from a regional to a global perspective. This session
welcomes cave-deposit based novel studies with special regard to those
presenting: 1) chronologies for key Quaternary events, 2) new records from
underrepresented Quaternary time-slices and/or geographical areas; 3) novel
palaeoclimate/environment proxies and/or techniques; 4) Models using data
in global repository (ie. SISAL, NOAA, etc) and 5) cave monitoring. The aim
of this session is to summarise and possibly update the state of the art of
Quaternary palaeoclimate-environment research based on cave deposits from a
multi-disciplinary perspective, as well as discuss the potential scientific
directions for the near future.

Cheers,

Micha (on behalf of Andrea, Valdir, Barbara, and Yassine)