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The IAG Executive Committee discussed the proposal to redefine the Quaternary and shared the concerns of the INQUA Executive Committee about the elimination of the word 'Quaternary' from the Geological Time Scale. The IAG wrote the following statement: 'The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) has considered the proposed revisions to the Geological Time Scale by the International Commission on Stratigraphy. The IAG regrets the proposed elimination of the Quaternary as a system. However, if this change does take place then it supports the idea that within the Neogene a Quaternary Subsystem is established with a long time-scale (i.e. the last 2.6 million years). This would remove problems with regard to the placing of the Plio-Pleistocene boundary, and would reflect the major changes in the global environment which took place at 2.6 Ma (as recorded both in loess sections and in the deep sea oxygen isotope record).'
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This was a success, starting from the pre-registration and John Wiley reception on the evening of 18 June. The meeting was attended by more than 200 delegates from 32 countries and the one-day workshop for teachers attracted another 250 participants. The papers were good and the exchange of informat