INTIMATE activities: 2014 onwards
Following the successful INTIMATE COST action that ended in 2014, and which provided European funding for a range of activities, INTIMATE remained active in organizing meetings, conferences and workshops. These included an annual sequence of symposia sessions at EGU (which began in 2008 , as well as specific conferences , including those held in Aberystwyth, Wales in 2017, the Galileo Conference in Gniew, Poland 2018, and a session at the 20th INQUA Congress in Dublin, Ireland in 2019. Details of these meeting can be found below. In addition, INTIMATE example summer schools were held in Romania and Poland in 2016, and in France in 2018. These attracted postgraduate students and early career researchers from across Europe.
Special issues of academic journals (see below) showcase the work of INTIMATE over the last two decades, while the INTIMATE protocol papers demonstrate the ongoing impact of the INTIMATE project on our understanding of Late Quaternary environmental change. In addition, the ‘stratotype papers’ which are the result of collaboration between INTIMATE members and the Subcommission for Quaternary Stratigraphy (of the International Commission on Stratigraphy) have attracted international attention, with a total of over 3.5k citations and currently some 400 citation per year, and constitute a significant contribution by INTIMATE to international geological science.
Protocol Papers
1998. Björck, S., Walker, M.J.C., Cwynar, L., Johnsen, S. Knudsen, K-L., Lowe, J.J., Wohlfarth, B. & INTIMATE members. An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the North Atlantic region based on the Greenland Ice Core record: a proposal by the INTIMATE group. Journal of Quaternary Science, 13, 283-292.
1999. Walker, M.J.C., Björck, S., Cwynar, L., Johnsen, S., Knudsen, K-L., Lowe, J.J., Wohlfarth, B. & the INTIMATE group Isotopic 'events’ in the GRIP ice core: a stratotype for the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18, 1143-1150.
2001. Walker, M.J.C., Björck, S. & Lowe, J.J. Integration of Ice Core, Marine and Terrestrial Records (INTIMATE) from around the North Atlantic region: an introduction. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20, 1169-1174.
2008. Lowe, J.J., Rasmussen, S.O., Björck, S., Hoek, W.Z., Steffensen, J.P., Walker, M.J.C. Yu, Z. and the INTIMATE group. Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, 6-17.
2012. Blockley, S.P.E., Lane, C.S., Hardiman, M., Rasmussen, S.O., Seierstad, I.K., Steffensen, J.P., Svensson, A., Lotter, A.F., Turney, C.S.M. and Bronk Ramsay, C., INTIMATE Members. Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental records over the last 60,000 years, and an extended INTIMATE event stratigraphy to 49,000. Quaternary Science Reviews, 36, 2-10.
2014. Rasmussen, S.O., Bigler, M., Blockley, S.P.E., Blunier, T, Buchardt, S.L., Clausen, H.B., Cvijanovic, I., Dahl-Jensen, D., Johnsen, S.J., Fischer, H., Gkinis, V., Guillevic, M., Hoek, W.Z., Lowe, J.J., Pedro, J., Popp, T., Seierstad, I.K., Steffensen, J.P., Svensson, A., Vallelonga, P., Vinther, B.M., Walker, M.J.C., Wheatley, J.J. & Winstrup, M. A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the last glacial period based on three synchronised Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106, 14-28.
Stratotype papers
2008. Walker, M., Johnsen, S., Rasmussen, S.O., Steffensen, J.-P., Popp, T., Gibbard, P., Hoek, W., Lowe, J., Andrews, J., Björck, S., Cwynar, L., Hughen, K., Kreshaw, P., Kromer, B., Litt, T., Low, D.J., Nakagawa, T., Newnham, R. & Schwander, J. A proposal for the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period) in the NGRIP ice core. Episodes: Journal of International Geoscience, 31, 264-267.
2009. Walker, M., Johnsen, S., Rasmussen, S.O., Popp, T., Steffensen, J-P., Gibbard, P., Hoek, W., Lowe, J., Andrews, J., Björck, S., Cwynar, L.C. Hughen, K., Kershaw, P., Kromer, B., Litt, T., Lowe, D.J., Nakagawa, T., Newnham,. R. & Schwander, J. Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records. Journal of Quaternary Science, 24, 3-17.
2012. Walker, M.J.C., Berkelhammer, M., Björck, S., Cwynar, L.C., Fisher, D.A., Long, A.J., Lowe, J.J., Newnham, R.M., Rasmussen, S.O. & Weiss, H. Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/ Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice-core marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy). Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, 649-659.
2018. Walker, M., Head, M.J., Berkelhammer, M., Björck, S., Cheng, H., Cwynar, L., Fisher, D., Gkinis, V., Long, A., Lowe, J., Newnham, R., Rasmussen, S.O. & Weiss, H. Fomal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/ Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries. Episodes: Journal of International Geoscience, 41, 213-223.
2019a. Walker, M., Gibbard, P., Head, M.J., Berkelhammer, M., Björck, S., Cheng, H., Cwynar, L., Fisher, D., Gkinis, V., Long, A., Lowe, J., Newnham, R., Rasmussen, S.O. & Weiss, H. Fomal subdivision of the Holoce Series/Epoch: a summary, Journal of the Geological Society of India, 93, 135-141.
2019b. Walker, M., Head, M.J., Lowe, J., Berkelhammer, M., Björck, S., Cheng, H., Cwynar, L., Fisher, D., Gkinis, V., Long, A., Newnham, R., Rasmussen, S.O. & Weiss, H. Subdividing the Holocene Series/Epoch: formalisation of Stages/Ages and Subseries/Subepochs, and designation of GSSPs and Auxiliary Stratotypes. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34, 173-186.
Special issues of academic journals
2001. S. Björck, J.J. Lowe, M.J.C. Walker (eds). Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records of Termination 1 from the North Atlantic region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20, 1169-1274.
2012. Simon P.E. Blockley, Christine S. Lane, Christopher Bronk Ramsay and Chris S.M. Turney (eds). The Integration of Ice core, Marine and TErrestrial records of the last termination (INTIMATE) 60,000 to 8000 BP. Quaternary Science Reviews, 36, 1-222.
2014. Sune Olander Rasmussen, Achim Brauer, Ana Moreno and Didier Roche (eds). Dating, Synthesis and Interpretation of Palaeoclimatic Records and Model-Data Integration: Advances of the INTIMATE project (Integration of Ice core, Marine and TErrestrial records. COST Action ES0907. Quaternary Science Reviews, 106, 1-329.
2015. Aurel Persoiu, Angelica Feurdean, Wim Hoek (eds). Climate Change and Impact between 8,000 and 60,000 years ago in Central and Eastern Europe. Quaternary International, 388, 1-232.
Wim Z. Hoek, Erick M. Robinson, Vanessa Gelorini (eds). Climate impact on ecosystem changes and human responses during the Last Glacial and Early Holocene: a contribution to the INTIMATE (Integration of Ice-core, Marine and TErrestrial records) COST Action ES0907. Quaternary International, 378, 1-133.
Overview of INTIMATE meetings up to 2020
July 25-31, 2019 INQUA, Dublin, Ireland
See attached pdf
August 27-31, 2018 EGU Galileo Conference, Gniew Poland
‘The anatomy of abrupt climate change: dissecting the palaeo-record to trace the mechanisms of climate variability’. Link to programme
June 6-9, 2017 Aberystwyth
See attached pdf
European Geophysical Union (EGU)
INTIMATE has been well represented at the European Geoscience Union conferences in Vienna, and even on-line during COVID the combined oral and poster sessions attracted a large audience. See the web links for the variety of contributions over the last years.
April 29, 2021 on-line EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Diagnosing causes and effects of abrupt climate, ecosystem and landscape change from the INTegration of Ice core MArine and TErrestrial records (INTIMATE)’. Link to programme
May 6, 2020 on-line EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Exploring spatiotemporal variability of abrupt climate change through the INTegration of Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records (INTIMATE)’. Link to programme
April 11, 2019 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Geochronological Tools for Environmental Reconstruction and the INTegration of Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records’. Link to programme
April 12, 2018 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Diagnosing past climate mechanisms through the Integration of Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records’. Link to programme
April 28, 2017 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Advances in integrating ice core, marine and terrestrial records and their timescales (INTIMATE and IntCal)’. Link to programme
April 22, 2016 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTIMATE: INTegrating Ice core, MArine, and TErrestrial records’. Link to programme
April 13, 2015 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTIMATE: INTegrating Ice core, MArine, and TErrestrial records 60-8 ka BP’. Link to programmeMay 1, 2014 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTIMATE: INTegrating Ice core, MArine, and TErrestrial records 60-8 ka BP’. Link to programme
April 11, 2013 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTIMATE: INTegrating Ice core, MArine, and TErrestrial records 60-8 ka BP’. Link to programme
April 4, 2011 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTegrating Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records (INTIMATE) and the role of land/ocean/atmosphere interactions over the last 60,000 years’. Link to programme
May 4, 2010 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘INTegrating Ice core, MArine and TErrestrial records for the period between 60,000 to 8000 years ago (INTIMATE)’. Link to programme
April 20, 2009 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records (INQUA INTIMATE & PASH2)’. Link to programme
April 15, 2008 EGU Vienna, Austria
‘Integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records from the last deglaciation’. Orals, Posters