Establishing reliable chronological frameworks is fundamental to the interpretation of sedimentary records and to reconstructing the timing, duration and rates of geological and environmental processes. Sedimentary archives span a wide range of timescales and depositional environments, and their chronological characterization often requires the integration of different dating techniques and stratigraphic approaches. However, the accuracy, precision and applicability of these methods may vary depending on the material, age range, depositional setting and preservation of the sedimentary record. This session aims to bring together researchers working on the development and application of absolute and relative dating techniques, geochronology and chronostratigraphy in sedimentary successions across different timescales. We welcome contributions using a broad range of approaches, including radiocarbon, luminescence, cosmogenic nuclides, tephrochronology, magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, event stratigraphy and other chronological and stratigraphic correlation methods.
Particular attention will be given to studies integrating multiple dating techniques, comparing independent chronological constraints, improving age models and stratigraphic correlations, and addressing methodological limitations, uncertainties and potential biases. We also encourage contributions presenting methodological advances, novel chronological markers, innovative analytical or modelling approaches, and strategies for dating challenging or discontinuous sedimentary records and contributing to environmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions.
Applications from terrestrial, lacustrine, fluvial, coastal and marine environments are welcome, from recent and Quaternary deposits to deep-time sedimentary successions. By bringing together geochronologists, stratigraphers, sedimentologists and researchers from related disciplines, this session seeks to promote interdisciplinary discussion on how different chronological approaches can be integrated to improve our understanding of time in the sedimentary record and its application to geological, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic research.