A Tribute to Maria Bianca Cita

The Neogene Subcommission wishes to pay tribute to Maria Bianca Cita,
one of the best-known Italian geoscientists.

Maria Bianca Cita

A Tribute to Maria Bianca Cita (1924-2024) (PDF)


A Tribute to John A. Van Couvering

The Neogene Subcommission wishes to pay tribute to John A. Van Couvering who passed away recently.

John A Van Couvering

Please read: A Tribute to our Friend and Colleague John A. Van Couvering (1931-2023) (PDF)

Neogene Timescale

Noegene timescale

About SNS

Organization

The Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy (SNS) is part of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The SNS was founded in 1971 in Lyon - during the IV congress on Mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy - by Professor Menner, chairman of the ICS.

Board

Please see the ICS’ listing of Subcommission office holders for SNS:

Regional committees and Working groups

The SNS presently has four regional committees (Mediterranean, Pacific, Atlantic and Nordic) and one working group on defining the Langhian and Burdigalian GSSPs chaired by Frits Hilgen (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands). The mandate of the working group is to propose remaining GSSPs for these Miocene stages and to place them in an astronomically-calibrated time scale.

Contact

Comments, reactions or contributions to the SNS homepage? Send them to:

Prof. Elena Turco
Neogene Subcommission Vice-Chair
UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Parma
elena.turco@unipr.it