EGU 2026 Session GM8.4: "Reconstruction of Quaternary Sea Level Changes: proxies and processes from past interglacials"
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Ciro CERRONE
Jan 11, 2026, 1:51:28 PM (4 days ago) Jan 11
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to introduce a session planned for EGU 2026, organized under the auspices of PALSEA-Next, a working group of the International Union for Quaternary Sciences (INQUA).
GM8.4 Reconstruction of Quaternary Sea Level Changes: proxies and processes from past interglacials
Conveners: Ciro Cerrone, Giuseppe Corrado, Alessio Rovere
Coastal areas are among the most dynamic elements of the physical landscape, strongly influenced by both short-term (e.g., catastrophic meteo-marine events, human impacts) and long-term (e.g., tectonics, climate change, volcanic activity) forcing factors. Therefore, the study of coastal proxies can offer a series of benchmarks for estimating processes and associated timescales.
Among the most studied processes in coastal areas are relative sea-level changes. Any landscape feature whose environment of formation is linked to a former sea level can be used as a sea level index point (SLIP). SLIPs can be of different types: geomorphological (e.g., marine terraces, shoreline angles), biological (e.g., coral reef terraces), sedimentary (e.g., beach deposits, salt marshes or beach ridges).
Although there is a comprehensive understanding of the relative sea-level changes during the Holocene, our knowledge of such dynamics during past interglacials remains limited. This session invites the international sea-level community to present studies broadly related to Quaternary interglacials. We welcome contributions on new fields or remote sensing data, synthesis, and databases specifically related to sea-level changes (including geochronological methods). We also welcome contributions exploring other coastal processes at the same timescale, focusing on wave conditions, extreme coastal events, and coastal modelling.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
Detailed information regarding the session, including abstract submission guidelines, is available at:
We are pleased to introduce a session planned for EGU 2026, organized under the auspices of PALSEA-Next, a working group of the International Union for Quaternary Sciences (INQUA).
GM8.4 Reconstruction of Quaternary Sea Level Changes: proxies and processes from past interglacials
Conveners: Ciro Cerrone, Giuseppe Corrado, Alessio Rovere
Coastal areas are among the most dynamic elements of the physical landscape, strongly influenced by both short-term (e.g., catastrophic meteo-marine events, human impacts) and long-term (e.g., tectonics, climate change, volcanic activity) forcing factors. Therefore, the study of coastal proxies can offer a series of benchmarks for estimating processes and associated timescales.
Among the most studied processes in coastal areas are relative sea-level changes. Any landscape feature whose environment of formation is linked to a former sea level can be used as a sea level index point (SLIP). SLIPs can be of different types: geomorphological (e.g., marine terraces, shoreline angles), biological (e.g., coral reef terraces), sedimentary (e.g., beach deposits, salt marshes or beach ridges).
Although there is a comprehensive understanding of the relative sea-level changes during the Holocene, our knowledge of such dynamics during past interglacials remains limited. This session invites the international sea-level community to present studies broadly related to Quaternary interglacials. We welcome contributions on new fields or remote sensing data, synthesis, and databases specifically related to sea-level changes (including geochronological methods). We also welcome contributions exploring other coastal processes at the same timescale, focusing on wave conditions, extreme coastal events, and coastal modelling.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET.
Detailed information regarding the session, including abstract submission guidelines, is available at:
Ciro Cerrone
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