SOUTHERN AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR QUATERNARY RESEARCH (SASQUA)
The Quaternary period is the last 2.6 million years (see current stratigraphic chart) in
earth history and Quaternary research deals with environmental
conditions and prehistory during this period and times leading up to it
against the background of global change problems. Understanding the
Quaternary has huge advantages in managing processes that will
influence the earth’s future.
The Southern African Society for Quaternary Research encourages and
advances the study of Southern African research projects, arrange
meetings, coordinate publications of research results, attract the
interest of and boost opportunities for young scientists in the
Quaternary field, assist research funding organizations, inform museums
and universities about needs of Quaternary research in Southern Africa,
assist authorities in connection with salvage and conservation
operations. The society enrolls members, collect subscriptions and
administer funds. The management and control of the society is vested
in a council of which councilors are elected at a biennial general
meeting. The society was formed in the nineteen sixties and has since
then arranged successful and stimulating biennial conferences except
during 1999 when it assisted in the organization of the INQUA
conference in Durban.
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