2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 125 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 401/402

T4. From Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology to Sedimentary Geology and Geochemistry II: A Memorial to Richard L. Hay

Gail M. Ashley, Marie Jackson, Enrique Merino and Thure E. Cerling, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
125-18:15 AM RECORD OF SPRINGS, WETLANDS AND LAKE LEVELS IN OLDUVAI BASIN: THE RELATIVE ROLE OF TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: ASHLEY, Gail M., Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
125-28:30 AM CYCLES OF EROSION AND DEPOSITION IN THE PLEISTOCENE OLORGESAILIE BASIN OF SOUTHERN KENYA AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL RECORD: BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, behrensa@si.edu, POTTS, Richard, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112, and DEINO, Alan, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
125-38:45 AM CONTROLS ON PLIO-PLEISTOCENE GEOGRAPHY AND HOMININ HABITATS IN THE TURKANA BASIN (ETHIOPIA AND KENYA): INFERENCES FROM SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: LEPRE, Christopher J., Anthropology, Rutgers University, Douglass Campus, Ruth Adams Bldg. 131 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, clepre73@hotmail.com, QUINN, Rhonda L., Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Bush Campus, Wright Laboratories 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, and FEIBEL, Craig S., Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers Univ, 131 George St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414
125-49:00 AM RECONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS OF HOMININ OCCUPATION, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT, THROUGH SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF PLEISTOCENE LACUSTRINE, PALUDAL, AND SPRING DEPOSITS: SMITH, Jennifer1, KLEINDIENST, Maxine2, KIENIEWICZ, Johanna3, ADELSBERGER, Katherine1, CHURCHER, Charles4, HAWKINS, Alicia5, and GIEGENGACK, Robert6, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, jensmith@wustl.edu, (2) Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (3) Department of Geosciences, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, (4) Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada, (5) Department of Anthropology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, (6) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, Room 251 Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
125-59:15 AM NEW 40AR/39AR AGE CONSTRAINTS FOR MIDDLE STONE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY AT GADEMOTTA AND KULKULETTI, ETHIOPIA: MORGAN, Leah E., Earth & Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall #4767, Berkeley, CA 94720, lmorgan@berkeley.edu and RENNE, Paul, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211
125-69:30 AM Paper Withdrawn
 9:45 AM Break
125-710:00 AM EARLY LATE-PLEISTOCENE MEGADROUGHTS IN AFRICA AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HOMO SAPIENS: COHEN, Andrew S.1, SCHOLZ, C.A.2, BEUNING, Kristina R.M.3, STONE, Jeffery4, JOHNSON, Thomas C.5, TRYON, Christian6, BROOKS, Alison7, KING, John8, BROWN, Erik T.9, and IVORY, Sarah3, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, cohen@email.arizona.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NM 13244, (3) Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI 44325, (4) Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 214 Bessey Hall, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, (5) Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, (6) Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Human Origins Program, Dept. of Anthropology MS 112, Rm 351, National Museum of Natuarl History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0112, (7) Anthropology, George Washington University, Hortense Amsterdam House, 2110 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, (8) Marine Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882, (9) Large Lakes Observatory & Dept of Geol. Sci, University of Minnesota Duluth, RLB-109, 10 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812
125-810:15 AM PALEOECOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF RESPONSE TO EARLY AND LATE PLEISTOCENE SEVERE CLIMATE CHANGE, LAKE MALAWI, AFRICA: STONE, Jeffery Robert, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 214 Bessey Hall, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, jstone@unlserve.unl.edu, COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, BEUNING, Kristina R.M., Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI 44325, SCHOLZ, C.A., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NM 13244, JOHNSON, Thomas C., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, and KING, John, Marine Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882
125-910:30 AM VARVE FORMATION IN THE NORTHERN BASIN OF LAKE MALAWI, EAST AFRICA: JOHNSON, Thomas C., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, tcj@d.umn.edu and MCCAVE, I.N., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
125-1010:45 AM THE ORIGIN OF LARGE, DEEP, AND ANCIENT LAKES: LITHOSPHERIC CONTROLS ON SPECIES RICHNESS AND LONGEVITY OF LARGE LAKES IN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT: SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, cascholz@syr.edu
125-1111:00 AM SEASONALLY DYNAMIC WATER CHEMISTRIES FROM AN EVAPORATIVE, ALLUVIAL SYSTEM: AN EXAMPLE FROM WARNER VALLEY, OREGON: FINKELSTEIN, David B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996, dfinkels@utk.edu and PRATT, Lisa M., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
125-1211:15 AM NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR CALCITE STEM CASTS FORMED IN STANDING WATER: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SEMIARID WESTERN USA: LIUTKUS, Cynthia M., Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, liutkuscm@appstate.edu
125-1311:30 AM USING COMPARATIVE MICROMORPHOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY TO DISTINGUISH PALEOCATENA RELATIONSHIPS IN BARITE-BEARING PALEOSOLS: JENNINGS, Debra S., Geology, Baylor University, 1800 S. 8th St., Apt. 123, Waco, TX 76706, jennings.debra@gmail.com and DRIESE, Steven G., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354
 11:45 AM Discussion

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