2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 125
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Mineralogical Society of America

 

Gail M. Ashley, Marie Jackson, Enrique Merino and Thure E. Cerling, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
RECORD OF SPRINGS, WETLANDS AND LAKE LEVELS IN OLDUVAI BASIN: THE RELATIVE ROLE OF TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
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8:30 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, 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, behrensa@si.edu, behrensa@si.edu
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8:45 AM
CONTROLS ON PLIO-PLEISTOCENE GEOGRAPHY AND HOMININ HABITATS IN THE TURKANA BASIN (ETHIOPIA AND KENYA): INFERENCES FROM SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
LEPRE, Christopher J., Paleomagnetics Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 100, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, 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, lepre@ldeo.columbia.edu, lepre@ldeo.columbia.edu
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9:00 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, (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, jensmith@wustl.edu, jensmith@wustl.edu
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9:15 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 and RENNE, Paul, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, lmorgan@berkeley.edu, lmorgan@berkeley.edu
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9:30 AM
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9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
EARLY LATE-PLEISTOCENE MEGADROUGHTS IN AFRICA AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HOMO SAPIENS
COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, SCHOLZ, C.a., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, BEUNING, Kristina R.M., Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI 44325, STONE, Jeffery, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 214 Bessey Hall, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, JOHNSON, Thomas C., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, TRYON, Christian, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, BROOKS, Alison, Anthropology, George Washington University, Hortense Amsterdam House, 2110 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, KING, John, Marine Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882, BROWN, Erik T., Large Lakes Observatory & Dept of Geol. Sci, University of Minnesota Duluth, RLB-109, 10 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 and IVORY, Sarah, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, cohen@email.arizona.edu, cohen@email.arizona.edu
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10:15 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, 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, NY 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, jstone@unlserve.unl.edu, jstone@unlserve.unl.edu
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10:30 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 and MCCAVE, I.N., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, tcj@d.umn.edu, tcj@d.umn.edu
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10:45 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, cascholz@syr.edu
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11:00 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 and PRATT, Lisa M., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, dfinkels@utk.edu, dfinkels@utk.edu
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11:15 AM
NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR CALCITE STEM CASTS FORMED IN STANDING WATER: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SEMIARID WESTERN USA
LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M., Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, liutkuscm@appstate.edu, liutkuscm@appstate.edu
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11:30 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 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, jennings.debra@gmail.com, jennings.debra@gmail.com
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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