Events, meetings and other key dates can be viewed on the QRA calendar…
view the QRA calendar
A research organisation interested in the last 2.6 million years of Earth's history - the “Ice Age”.
This site developed by Natural England contains various maps of England on which are referenced all NNRs, SSSIs and other designated areas of geological or ecological importance. In addition to showing the location of such areas, the site also contains linked descriptions and photos. Many of the designated areas on the map have Quaternary significance.
This link is for the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy. It contains links to the recent documentation associated with the 2009 revision to the geological timescale in which the base of the Quaternary Period and the Pleistocene Epoch are now officially recognised at 2.6 million years ago.
British Geological Survey site that provides an introduction to the impact of glaciers on the British landscape.
Website of a major research project funded by the Leverhulme trust that is investigating ancient humans from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic northern Europe.