IAS in numbers
Full text views of Sedimentology papers in 2023
Current members in 72 countries worldwide
Research Grants awarded in 2024
Sedimentary Provenance Analysis – SPA Short Course 2025
08 - 12 September 2025
Geoscience Center Göttingen
Travel Grants available
Cyclostratigraphy Field Training School
07 - 14 September 2025
Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco
Travel Grants available
Understanding Carbonate Processes, Deposition, and Preservation: Breakthroughs and Challenges
24- 25 August 2025
George R. Brown Convention Centre, Houston
Travel Grants available
Land-to-Sea Shaking Studies (L2S3) Workshop
21 - 24 October 2025
National Taiwan University, Taipei
Travel Grant applications closed
IAL-IPA Joint Meeting 2025
21 - 24 October 2025
Aix-les-Bains congress centre, Aix les Bains
Travel Grant applications closed
Palaeoseagrass - Sedimentary Processes and Microfacies
08 - 12 September 2025
Jardí Botànic-Museu Ciències Naturals, Sóller, Mallorca
Travel Grants available
COLOS: COre LOgging School
14 - 18 September 2025
Polish Geological Survey, Holy Cross Mountains
IAS Supported Meeting
19th Argentinean Meeting of Sedimentology
10 - 12 September 2025
Cultural Centre of the National University of Córdoba
IAS Supported Meeting
Publications
IAS produces three outstanding scientific journals: Sedimentology, The Depositional Record and Basin Research (co-published with EAGE). It also publishes thematic books, field guides and newsletters.
Grants
Tailored research grants are available for PhD students and early-career postdoctoral researchers, as well as fieldwork support for Masters students, institutional grants for geoscience departments in low income countries, and travel grants to help student members afford to attend IAS meetings.
Events
The IAS holds flagship international conferences every year – the regionally-focused International Meetings of Sedimentology and every four years the global International Sedimentological Congress. IAS members enjoy reduced fees at these, and the Association also sponsors many smaller thematic meetings.
Awards
The IAS honours its members who have made substantial contributions to the field of sedimentology with its highly distinguished Sorby Medal, the prestigious Johannes Walther Medal, Early Career Scientist Award, Sun Shu Research Prizes.
Who does IAS support?
We financially assist student and early career sedimentologists through a system of grants and a large collection of resources, learn more on how we can help you.
Student Members
Research and travel grants for undergraduate, MSc and PhD students studying at a higher education institute, international summer schools, and free online access to IAS’s complete publications archive.
Ordinary Members
Free online access to all IAS journals and books, research grants for early career scientists, special lecture tours, international institutional grants, North Sea core samples for teaching, opportunities for meeting sponsorship.
Sponsored Members
Opportunity for sedimentologists with limited financial resources or other barriers to ordinary membership to get free membership for a year funded through the Association’s Friendship Scheme.
Sedimentology
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The leading international journal in its field and IAS’s flagship publication
The Depositional Record
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The fully open access journal of the IAS specialising in interdisciplinary research
Basin Research
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The go-to international journal for basin-scale sedimentological and stratigraphic research
Journal of Petroleum Geology
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Major thematic journal published in association with the Geological Society and the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain
Thematic Books
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More than 50 IAS special publications and field guides published to date
Pricing
Membership of the IAS is very affordable with annual dues that are much lower than for many other learned societies. The many benefits available for IAS members therefore represent excellent value.
Student
€10
Recurring annual payment
- Access to full IAS publications archive and latest articles
- Postgraduate research grants
- Masters fieldwork awards
- International summer schools
- Support with travel costs to IAS meetings
- Networking opportunities
Ordinary
€25
Recurring annual payment
- Access to full IAS publications archive and latest articles
- Postdoctoral research grants
- Meeting sponsorship opportunities
- Institutional grants
- Special lecture tour
- Regular newsletters
Sponsored
€0
1 year access
- All the benefits of ordinary membership
- For sedimentologists in countries with limited financial resources
- Also for any unable to pay for other reasons beyond their control
- Supported by IAS and member donations
- Each case assessed on its merits