The History of INQUA- for XX INQUA Congress

Many years ago there was talk about the preparation of a detailed history of INQUA (the International Union for Quaternary Research) but nothing seems to be happening; no materials are appearing. In the interim, and in time for the XX INQUA Congress in Dublin in 2019, here is a link to a short history of INQUA- available online thanks to Michigan State University.

Notes for a history of INQUA- the International Union for Quaternary Research (Association pour l'etude du Quaternaire, Internationale Quartarvereinigung, etc.  2011. Ian Smalley. Loess Letter 65 (ISSN 0110-7658) online at www.loessletter.msu.edu

The INQUA Loess Commission provided additional historical data and the doings of that particular Commission are fairly well recorded:

Smalley, I.J., Markovic, S.B., O'Hara-Dhand, K. 2010.  The INQUA Loess Commission as a Central European enterprise. Central European Journal of Geosciences/ Open Geosciences 2, 3-8.

Smalley, I.J., O'Hara-Dhand, K. 2010.  The Western Pacific Working Group of the INQUA Loess Commission: expansion from Central Europe. Central European Journal of Geosciences/ Open Geosciences 2, 9-14.

Smalley, I.J., Howarth, J., Nugent, H.  2011.  The INQUA Loess Commission goes from Budapest to Beijing, and then returns to Europe (1991-2003).  upload to Scribd.com