The French Association for the Study of the Quaternary – French National Committee of INQUA (AFEQ-CNF INQUA) awards every two years a prize of 500 euros intended to reward a thesis of excellent quality supported in a university or an authorized French or foreign organization and concerning work on the Quaternary.
Since 2020, this prize pays tribute to Franck Bourdier (1910-1985), internationally known for his work on the Quaternary of the Rhone Valley and the Paris Basin, former director of the Laboratory of Geology of the Quaternary and Prehistory of the EPHE and President of the AFEQ from 1972 to 1974.
The AFEQ – CNF INQUA 2020 PhD award was awarded ex-aequo to two young doctors:
AFEQ PhD award ceremony at Q12 symposium in 2020, Paris. Anaëlle Vayssière and Coralie Zorzi received their award from Pascal Bertran, AFEQ President
- Anaëlle Vayssière for her work entitled: “Trajectoires et processus fluviaux dans la moyenne vallée du Cher du Tardiglaciaire à la période actuelle : métamorphose fluviale, réponses aux forçages sociétaux et ajustements des chenaux et des bras mort”
- Coralie Zorzi for her work entitled: “Biostratigraphie des palynomorphes marins dans le Pacifique subarctique au cours du Plio-Pléistocène“
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