Dear members and followers of the INQUA Loess and Pedostratigraphy Working Group,
In July we had the opportunity to meet in Rome during the congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research where we held the first General Meeting of the Loess and Pedostratigraphy Working Group. We have confirmed election results for the new Committee for the next term of office 2023-2027. I would like to start by expressing my appreciation and gratitude to the outgoing president, Professor Shiling Yang, for his work over the past four years! I also want to thank you for electing me as the new president. I realize that for many reasons this will not be an easy task for me. However, I trust that I will be able to meet at least the minimum of your expectations. We had four fantastic loess sessions spread over almost three days at the Congress: 1. Dust dynamics through the Quaternary: terrestrial records of climatic and environmental impacts – conveners: Steve Pratte, François De Vleeschouwer, Nicolas J. Cosentino and Stefania Gili. 2. Quantitative proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstructions from loess and terrestrial archives – conveners: Charlotte Prud'homme, Thomas Stevens, Gábor Újvári and Huayu Lu. 3. Loess and dust deposits: beyond local studies – conveners: Christian Zeeden, Shiling Yang, Janina Nett, Christoph Schmidt and Daniel Veres. 4. Factors influencing the diversity of loess sedimentary environments and the resulting variability of palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental signals – conveners: Zdzisław Jary, Pierre Antoine, Kaja Fenn and Shiling Yang. My best compliments to all session organizers and presenters! Special congratulations to the Charlotte Prud'homme team whose session was probably the most popular among participants (2 x 2 hours). It is fantastic to see so much interest and research invested in investigating loess. I have one more pleasant duty. In hot Rome, it might have been missed by some that our great colleague, Professor Denis-Didier Rousseau was awarded the Liu Tungsheng Distinguished Career Medal for outstanding contributions to Quaternary science - the most important distinction to a senior Quaternary scientist. My best compliments to You, Denis! We are all proud that you are a member of loess community. I wish you a nice holiday and interesting field trips, Zdzisław Jary
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Denis-Didier Rousseau
21/8/2023 10:17:02
Dear Zdzisław, dear colleagues,
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