Commission on Quaternary Palaeogeography

Though the commission was formed as part of the Kraków branch of PAN in 1979, it has functioned as part of the structure of PAU since 1993. Its roots lie in the Committee for Starunia Research and in its bulletin, Starunia, which first appeared in 1933. The commission unites disciplines that study the Quaternary, including geology, geomorphology, paleontology, and archaeology. The commission issues the yearbook Folia Quaternaria, which publishes papers on Quaternary palaeogeography, including neotectonics, the palaeoenvironmental aspects of prehistoric settlement, palaeoclimatology, palaeomalacology, and dendrochronology. The topics discussed at its meetings include the stratigraphy of Pleistocene and Holocene sediments, environmental changes, the age and dynamics of landslides, the conditions in which lacustrine chalk deposition occurs, and speleothem formation.

See the Folia Quaternaria page at:

• Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności
• and at Scientific Journals Online ejournals.eu

Commission Members