2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 134
Monday, 19 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 255 (Oregon Convention Center)

T87. Phanerozoic Paleoenvironmental Evolution of Africa II

Paleontological Society

 

Ellen D. Currano, Neil Tabor and Bonnie F. Jacobs, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF UPPER OLIGOCENE STRATA, NW ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU
TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 and KAPPELMAN Jr, John W., Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, University Station, C3200, Austin, TX 78712, ntabor@smu.edu, ntabor@smu.edu
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2:00 PM
RICHNESS, DIVERSITY, AND COMPOSITION IN AFRICA'S LATE OLIGOCENE TROPICAL FORESTS: EXAMPLES FROM CHILGA, NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA
JACOBS, Bonnie F., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75275, PAN, Aaron D., Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, bjacobs@smu.edu, bjacobs@smu.edu
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2:15 PM
INSECT HERBIVORE DAMAGE AS AN INDICATOR OF LOCAL ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE IN THE OLIGOCENE TROPICS OF ETHIOPIA
CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, currane@muohio.edu, currane@muohio.edu
 
2:30 PM
Break
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2:40 PM
RECONCILING DIVERSE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS LINKED TO EARLY HOMININ EVOLUTION IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA
KINGSTON, John D., Anthropology, Emory University, 1557 Dickey Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322, john.kingston@emory.edu, john.kingston@emory.edu
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3:00 PM
CARBON ISOTOPE DATA FROM EAST AFRICAN FOSSIL TEETH OF LATE MIOCENE TO PLIOCENE HERBIVORES RECORD DIFFERENTIAL TRANSITION FROM C3 TO C4 RESOURCES
UNO, Kevin T., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CERLING, Thure, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, HARRIS, John M., George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90036, KUNIMATSU, Yutaka, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, 484-8506, Japan, LEAKEY, Meave G., Turkana Basin Institute, P.O. Box 24926, Nairobi, 00502, Kenya, NAKATSUKASA, Masato, Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan and NAKAYA, Hideo, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan, kevinuno1@yahoo.com, kevinuno1@yahoo.com
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3:15 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY, AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF EARLY MIOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNAS FROM MFANGANO AND RUSINGA ISLANDS, EASTERN LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, HARCOURT-SMITH, Will, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, DUNSWORTH, Holly M., Department of Anthropology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625, DEINO, Alan L., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, LEHMAN, Thomas, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Germany and ANDREWS, Alexandra L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, dlfox@umn.edu, dlfox@umn.edu
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3:30 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT FOR MODERN HUMAN ORIGINS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA: INTRODUCING THE PLEISTOCENE WASIRIYA BEDS OF RUSINGA ISLAND (KENYA)
TRYON, Christian, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, FAITH, J. Tyler, Hominid Paleobiology Doctoral Program, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Washington, DC 20052, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, FOX, David L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, DUNSWORTH, Holly M., Department of Anthropology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625, HARCOURT-SMITH, Will, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 and MANTHI, Frederick Kyalo, Department of Palaeontology, National Museums of Kenya, Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya, christiantryon@fas.harvard.edu, christiantryon@fas.harvard.edu
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3:45 PM
VEGETATION AND CLIMATE OF LAKE MALAWI, SOUTHEAST AFRICA DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION
IVORY, Sarah, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, LÉZINE, Anne-Marie, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CNRS, LSCE- Orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, 91191, France and COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ivorysj@email.arizona.edu, ivorysj@email.arizona.edu
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4:00 PM
CHANGES IN BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO TECTONIC AND CLIMATE PROCESSES RECORDED IN THE SEDIMENTS OF PALEOLAKE MABABE, NORTHWESTERN BOTSWANA
ATEKWANA, Eliot1, CRUSE, Anna1, TEETER, Kristi1, LATIMER, Jennifer2, ATEKWANA, Estella3, RINGROSE, Susan4, HUNTSMAN-MAPILA, Philippa5, GAMROD, Jennifer1 and MCBRIDE, Windy2, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)Geology Program, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (3)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, (4)Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center, University of Botswana, Maun, PB 285, Botswana, (5)Natural Resources Canada, 555 Booth Street , 3rd Floor , Room. 339A, Ottawa, K1A 0G1, Canada, eliot.atekwana@okstate.edu, eliot.atekwana@okstate.edu
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4:15 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE DRIVEN BY TECTONIC PROCESSES AND CLIMATE SHIFTS AS RECORDED IN THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF PALEOLAKE MABABE, NORTHERN BOTSWANA
CRUSE, Anna M.1, ATEKWANA, Eliot A.1, GAMROD, Jennifer1, ATEKWANA, Estella A.2, RINGROSE, Susan3, TETER, Kristi1 and HUNTSMAN-MAPILA, Philippa4, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, (3)Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center, University of Botswana, Maun, PB 285, Botswana, (4)Natural Resources Canada, 555 Booth Street , 3rd Floor , Room. 339A, Ottawa, K1A 0G1, Canada, anna.cruse@okstate.edu, anna.cruse@okstate.edu
 
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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