SEQS-datestra a database of Terrestrial Quaternary Stratigraphical Sites of Europe: Inqua funded international focus group 1620F SACCOM

SEQS for the 2016-2019 Intercongress period aims to build a Database of Quaternary Terrestrial European Stratigraphic Sites (DATESTRA). DATESTRA follows the need for a concise, informative and easy to use system to share as many information as possible about the most important Quaternary sites across Europe. The main goal is to create a Database that summarize the litho-, bio-, pedo-, morpho and chrono-stratigraphical data becoming a tool for cross-border correlations of the main Quaternary subdivisions in Europe, combining existing knowledge and expertise of regional specialists. The main outcome expected is a Database shared and made available to all the Quaternary audience on open GIS based Web platforms to give to the wider audience as possible, also at informative level, the chance to have an overview of the European Terrestrial Quaternary setting. At the next INQUA Congress (2019 Dublin, Ireland), DATESTRA ongoing works will be presented in a joint session with SEQS.