Subcommissions
The seventeen subject subcommissions of ICS are:
- Precryogenian Stratigraphy
- Cryogenian Stratigraphy
- Ediacaran Stratigraphy
- Cambrian Stratigraphy
- Ordovician Stratigraphy
- Silurian Stratigraphy
- Devonian Stratigraphy
- Carboniferous Stratigraphy
- Permian Stratigraphy
- Triassic Stratigraphy
- Jurassic Stratigraphy
- Cretaceous Stratigraphy
- Paleogene Stratigraphy
- Neogene Stratigraphy
- Quaternary Stratigraphy
- Stratigraphic Classification
- Timescale Calibration
Subcommission on Precryogenian Stratigraphy
This Subcommission was known formerly as the Subcommission on Precambrian Stratigraphy
Chair (Acting): Nora Noffke
Assoc. Professor, Old Dominion University
Sedimentology and Geobiology
Dept of Ocean and Earth Sciences
4600 Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
Tel: +1-757-683-3313
E-mail: nnoffke@odu.edu
Vice-Chair: Douglas Galante
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
Rua Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro, 1000
Campinas - SP CEP: 13083-100
Brazil
E-mail: douglas.galante@lnls.br
Secretary: Evelyn Ap. M. Sanchez Bizan
Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
UFVJM - Campus JK
Alto da Jacuba, Diamantina, MG, Brasil, CEP 39100-000
E-mail: eamsanchez@gmail.com
Subcommission on Cryogenian Stratigraphy
Chair: Maoyan Zhu
State Key of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy & Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
E-mail: myzhu@nigpas.ac.cn
Vice-Chair: Carol Dehler
Professor, Department of Geology
Utah State University
4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84333
United States
E-mail: Carol.Dehler@usu.edu
Secretary: Ying Zhou
Department of Earth Sciences
University College London
Gower Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
E-mail: y-zhou@ucl.ac.uk
Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy
Chair: Marc Laflamme
Assistant Professor
Dept of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Research Associate in Palaeobiology
Royal Ontario Museum
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road N.
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
Phone: +1 905-828-5228 / +1 647-999-3589
E-mail: marc.laflamme@utoronto.ca
Vice-Chair: James Schiffbauer
Associate Professor – Department of Geological Sciences
Director – X-ray Microanalysis Core Facility
University of Missouri
E-mail: schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
Vice-Chair: Lucas Warren
Sedimentology and Biostratigraphy
Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences
Department of Applied Geology
São Paulo State University (UNESP), SP, Brazil
E-mail: lucas.warren@unesp.br
Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy
Chair: John Paterson
Professor of Earth Sciences
Palaeoscience Research Centre
School of Environmental & Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Tel: +61-2-6773-2101
E-mail: jpater20@une.edu.au
Vice-Chair: Jessica 'JC' Creveling
Associate Professor of Geology
Col. of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
101 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97331
E-mail: jessica.creveling@oregonstate.edu
Secretary: Marissa J Betts
Research Fellow in Earth Sciences
Palaeoscience Research Centre & Litholab (LLUNE)
School of Environmental & Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Tel: +61-2-6773-1714
E-mail: mbetts7@une.edu.au
Webmaster: Michael Streng
Uppsala University
Department of Earth Sciences
Palaeobiology Programme
Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Michael.Streng@geo.uu.se
Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy
Chair: Thomas Servais
Unité EVO ECO PALEO – Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie
Université de Lille
Bâtiment SN5, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)3 20 33 72 20
E-mail: Thomas.Servais@univ-lille1.fr
Vice-Chair: Alycia Stigall
Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Ave
Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
Tel: +1 (865) 974-5499
E-mail: stigall@utk.edu
Vice-Chair: Zhan Renbin
State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (NIGP)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
39 East Beijing Rd, Nanjing, 210008, CHINA
Tel: +86-13851647619
E-mail: rbzhan@nigpas.ac.cn
Secretary: Annalisa Ferretti
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, ITALY
Tel: +39-059-2058470
E-mail: ferretti@unimore.it
Internet officer: Wenhui Wang
School of Geosciences and Info-Physics
Central South University
Changsha, CHINA
Tel: +86 13951830656
E-mail: wwhever@126.com
Newsletter Editor: Bertrand Lefebvre
UMR 5276 LGL -TPE
CNRS - Université de Lyon 1
Bâtiment GEODE, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)4 72 43 28 34
E-mail: Bertrand.Lefebvre@univ-lyon1.fr
Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy
Chair: Carlo Corradini
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze
Università di Trieste
via Weiss 2, I- 34128, Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-5882033
E-mail: ccorradini@units.it
Vice-Chair: Thjis Vanderbroucke
Department of Geology, Ghent University
Krijgslaan 281/ S8, BE-9000, Ghent, Belgium
Tel.: +32-09-264-4515
E-mail: Thijs.Vandenbroucke@UGent.be
Secretary: Emilia Jarochowska
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University
Princetonlaan 8A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands
E-mail: e.b.jarochowska@uu.nl
Webmaster: Huang Bing
Nanjing Inst. of Geology & Paleontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, China
Tel.: +86-2583282189
Email: bhuang@nigpas.ac.cn
Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy
Chair: Ladislav Slavík
Department of Paleobiology and Paleoecology
Institute of Geology AS CR, v.v.i.
Rozvojova 269
CZ-165 02 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 233087247
E-mail: slavik@gli.cas.cz
Vice-Chair: José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos
Department De Geología
Universitat de València
C/. Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100, Burjassot, Spain
Tel: +34 96 3543412
E-mail: Jose.I.Valenzuela@uv.es
Secretary: Ulrich Jansen
Palaeozoology III, Senckenberg Gesellschaft
für Naturforschung Rechtsfähiger
Verein gemäß § 22 BGB, Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel: +49-69-97075 1146
E-mail: ulrich.jansen@senckenberg.de
Newsletter editor: R. Thomas Becker
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Corrensstr. 24
D-48149, Münster
Tel: +49-251-83 339 51
E-mail: rbecker@uni-muenster.de
Webmaster: Carlo Corradini
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze
Università di Trieste
via Weiss 2 - 34128 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39 040 558-2033
E-mail: ccorradin@units.it
Subcommission on Carboniferous Stratigraphy
Chair: Markus Aretz
Geosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET)
Université Paul Sabatier
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
14 ave Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
E-mail: markus.aretz@get.omp.eu
Vice-Chair: Jitao Chen
Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanjing 210008, China
E-mail: jtchen@nigpas.ac.cn
Secretary: Bernard Mottequin
OD Earth & History of Life
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail: bmottequin@naturalsciences.be
Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy
Chair: Elizabeth Weldon
School of Life & Enviro. Sciences
Faculty of Science Engineering & Built Environment
Deakin University
Locked Bag 20000, Geelong, VIC 3220
Tel: +61-3-92517191
E-mail: l.weldon@deakin.edu.au
Vice-Chair: Mike Stephenson
Professor, British Geological Survey
Keyworth Nottingham
NG12 5GG, UK
Tel: +44 07971 330738
E-mail: mhste@bgs.ac.uk
Secretary: Yichun Zhang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008
Jiangsu, P.R.China
Tel: +86-25-83282137
E-mail: yczhang@nigpas.ac.cn
Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy
Chair: Zhong-Qiang Chen
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology & Environmental Geology
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Wuhan 430074, China
Tel: +86-27-67883068
E-mail: zhong.qiang.chen@cug.edu.cn
Vice-Chair: Wolfram M. Kürschner
Professor, Department of Geosciences
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 22856672
E-mail: w.m.kurschner@geo.uio.no
Secretary: Yadong Sun
GeoZentrum Nordbayern
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Schlossgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Tel: +49 09131 85 23422
E-mail: yadong.sun@fau.de
Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy
Chair: Angela L. Coe
Professor, School of Environment
Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
Tel: +44 1098 652161
E-mail: Angela.Coe@open.ac.uk
Vice-Chair: Pierre Pellenard
Professor, Laboratory Biogéosciences
University of Burgundy
21000 Dijon, France
Tel: +33 3 80 39 63 66
E-mail: Pierre.Pellenard@u-bourgogne.fr
Vice-Chair: Dhirenda Kumar Pandey
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT)
Manipal Academy of Higher Education,
Manipal 576104, India
Tel: +919928369323
E-mail: dhirendrap@hotmail.com
Secretary: David B. Kemp
Professor, School of Earth Sciences
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
388 Lumo Road
Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
E-mail: davidkemp@cug.edu.cn
Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy
Chair: Ian Jarvis
Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Kingston University London
Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2EE, UK
Tel: +44 7711 047954
E-mail: ian.jarvis@kingston.ac.uk
Vice-Chair: Francesca Falzoni
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria (IGAG)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
via Mario Bianco 9
20131 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39 02 28311436
E-mail: francesca.falzoni@cnr.it
Secretary: Zofia Dubicka
Faculty of Geology
University of Warsaw
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93
02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Tel: +48 69 683 03 93
E-mail: z.dubicka@uw.edu.pl
Webmaster: Maria Rose Petrizzo
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio"
Università degli Studi di Milano
via Mangiagalli 34
20133 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39-02-503 15531
E-mail: mrose.petrizzo@unimi.it
Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy
Chair: Laia Alegret
Dept. Ciencias de la Tierra
Universidad de Zaragoza
Pedro Cerbuna s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Tel: +34 876553465
E-mail: laia@unizar.es
Vice-Chair: Aitor Payros
Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Ap. 644, E48080 Bilbao, Spain
Tel: +34 946015427
E-mail: a.payros@ehu.eus
Secretary: Claudia Agnini
Dipartimento di Geoscienze
Universita' degli Studi di Padova
Via Giovanni Gradenigo
6 - I-35131 - Padova – Italy
Tel: +390498279187
E-mail: claudia.agnini@unipd.it
Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy
Chair: Patrick Grunert
Department of Geosciences
University of Cologne
Otto-Fischer-Straße 14, 50674 Cologne, Germany
Tel: +49 221-470-76319
E-mail: pgrunert@uni-koeln.de
Vice-Chair: David De Vleeschouwer
Institute of Geology and Paleontology
University of Münster
Corrensstr 24, Raum 416, 48149 Münster
Tel: +49 251 83-33962
E-mail: ddevlees@uni-muenster.de
Secretary: Anna Joy Drury
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
University of Leicester
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH UK
Tel: +44(0)116 252 3624
E-mail: a.j.drury@leicester.ac.uk
Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
Chair: Adele Bertini
Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
University of Firenze
Via G. La Pira 4
50121 Firenze, Italy
Tel: +39 348 8715460
E-mail: adele.bertini@unifi.it
Skype: Artemisiablu
Vice-Chair: Liping Zhou
Department of Geography
Peking University
Beijing 100871, China
Tel: +86 10 62756052
E-mail: lpzhou@pku.edu.cn
Secretary: Fabienne Marret-Davies
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
School of Environmental Sciences
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, L69 7ZT, UK
E-mail: f.marret@liverpool.ac.uk
Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification
Chair: Jochen Erbacher
Honorary Professor: University Heidelberg
BGR – Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49-511-643-2795
E-mail: Jochen.Erbacher@bgr.de
Vice-Chair: Werner E. Piller
Institute for Earth Sciences
University of Graz
Heinrichstrasse 26
8010 Graz, Austria
Tel: +43 316 380 5582
E-mail: werner.piller@uni-graz.at
Secretary: Stéphanie Larmagnat
Adjunct Professor: INRS-ETE
Geological Survey of Canada, GSC-Q
490 rue de la Couronne
Québec G1K 9A9 CANADA
Tel: +1 418-654-1463/581-446-7433
E-mail: stephanie.larmagnat@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Subcommission on Timescale Calibration
Chair: Bradley D. Cramer
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
E-mail: bradley-cramer@uiowa.edu
Vice-Chair: Mark D. Schmitz
Professor, Department of Geosciences
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA
E-mail: markschmitz@boisestate.edu
Secretary: Anne-Christine DaSilva
Lecturer, Invited Professor
Department of Geology
Université de Liège
B-4000 Liège, Belgium
E-mail: ac.dasilva@uliege.be