The 4th Eastern African Quaternary Research Association (EAQUA) conference in Kenya initially scheduled for February has been moved to 23rd to 27th July 2013. This is to allow our members and other interested participants to take part in the PAGES Congress in Goa, India. We will therefore be holding a back-to-back meeting with East African Association for Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (EAAPP).
du 4 au 8 février 2013
Nairobi
Equatorial eastern Africa Quaternary, climate change and variability
Conference themes
The conference structure will include invited keynote presentations, contributed papers and posters in thematic sessions, as well as plenary discussions.
The specific conference themes will include :
– Late Pleistocene-Holocene climate variability
– Quaternary Rainfall variability and human-environment interactions/adaptations in East Africa
– Habitat and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of pre-historic sites (palaeobotany, isotopes, fauna, sedimentology)
– The Quaternary fossil and archaeological record of eastern Africa
– Climate and Global change – impacts, adaptation and vulnerability assessment for eastern Africa
– Eastern African Quaternary geology.
– Highland biodiversity and ecosystems.
Additional suggestions for themes are welcome. Both paper and poster presentations will be considered on the above themes and more. Please contact us as soon as possible with expression of interest in attending the conference, queries and any theme suggestions for ex/inclusion during our conference program planning.
Organizing committee :
– Christine Ogola : cogola@gmail.com
– Rahab Kinyanjui : rahab.kinyanjui@yahool.com
– Jillani Ngala : ngalla.jillani@gmail.com
– Stephene Mathai : stephenrucina@yahoo.com
– Christine Omuombo : omuomboatieno@gmail.com
– Emmanuel Ndiema : endiema@gmail.com