Objectives and work plan for 2024-25

  • Develop and submit a GSSP proposal for definition of the Upper/ Late Pleistocene and its respective Stage/Age,
  • Complete re-investigation of the GSSP for the Gelasian Stage (and Lower Pleistocene Subseries, Pleistocene Series, Quaternary System) at Monte San Nicola, Sicily,
  • Explore the possibility of additional stages for the Pleistocene,
  • Continue to examine the fine-scale subdivision of the Quaternary,
  • Continue to develop/update detailed correlation charts for the Quaternary (Cohen & Gibbard, 2019, Quaternary International).