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Session No. 165
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T98. African Lakes and Paleolakes: Processes, Paleoenvironments, and Paleoclimate

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA International Section; Paleontological Society

 

Daniel Deocampo, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN COEXISTING AUTHIGENIC MINERAL PHASES IN ARGILLIC AND ZEOLITIC ALTERED TEPHRA, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, lmchenry@uwm.edu, lmchenry@uwm.edu
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8:20 AM
SODIUM CARBONATES: TEMPERATURE AND pCO2 INDICATORS FOR ANCIENT AND MODERN ALKALINE SALINE LAKES
JAGNIECKI, Elliot, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton State University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 and JENKINS, David, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton Univ, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, ejagnie1@binghamton.edu, ejagnie1@binghamton.edu
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8:35 AM
SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY OF DIATOMACEOUS RIFT-VALLEY FILL: EXAMPLES FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OLORGESAILIE FORMATION, KENYA
DEOCAMPO, Daniel, Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302, BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and POTTS, Richard, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112, deocampo@gsu.edu, deocampo@gsu.edu
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8:50 AM
PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SEDIMENTS FROM THE OKAVANGO DELTA, NORTHWESTERN BOTSWANA TO FURTHER CONSTRAIN THE PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE PALEOLAKE MABABE SYSTEM
CRUSE, Anna M.1, ATEKWANA, Eliot A.1 and MOLWALEFHE, Loago N.2, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)Department of Geology, University of Botswana, Private Bag UB00704, Gaborone, Botswana, anna.cruse@okstate.edu, anna.cruse@okstate.edu
 
9:05 AM
Discussion
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9:20 AM
GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE DEPOSITS (GWD) AS A RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ARID TROPICAL CONTINENTAL SETTINGS
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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9:40 AM
LARGE SCALE PLEISTOCENE LAKES OF EGYPT'S WESTERN DESERT
MAXWELL, Ted A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 6th St and Independence Ave, SW, NASM-MRC-310, Washington, DC 20560-0310, ISSAWI, Bahay, 16 Misaha St, Dokki, Cairo, none, Egypt and HAYNES Jr, Vance, Anthropology and Geosciences, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85721, maxwellt@si.edu, maxwellt@si.edu
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9:55 AM
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE AFRICAN RIFT LAKES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE LAKE RUKWA BASIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTRALACUSTRINE DISPERSAL OF SPECIES FLOCKS
COHEN, Andrew S.1, TODD, Jonathan A.2, MCGLUE, Michael M.1, MICHEL, Ellinor3, NKOTAGU, Hudson4 and GROVE, A.T.5, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (4)National Coordination Unit (NCU), The Lake Tanganyika Management Program, Box 885, Kigoma, Tanzania, (5)Downing College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, cohen@email.arizona.edu, cohen@email.arizona.edu
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10:10 AM
WADI EL SA'AYDA LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: LOCAL EXAMPLE OF EGYPT'S LARGER NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE
PARIZEK, Katarin A., Department of Integrative Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 30 Borland Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and WALTERS, Elizabeth J., Art History, The Pennsylvania State University, 209 Borland Building, University Park, PA 16802, kap5@psu.edu, kap5@psu.edu
 
10:25 AM
Discussion
 
10:40 AM
Break
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10:55 AM
THE HADAR BASIN LACUSTRINE RECORD: TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS HABITATS
CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4101, WYNN, Jonathan G., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, ARROWSMITH, J. Ramón, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85281-1404, DIMAGGIO, Erin N., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, DUPONT-NIVET, Guillaume, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Utrecth, 3584, Netherlands and SIER, Mark J., Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 17, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, campisano@asu.edu, campisano@asu.edu
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11:15 AM
LACUSTRINE DYNAMICS IN A HIGH-AGGRADATION RIFT SETTING, THE NEOGENE TURKANA BASIN OF EAST AFRICA
FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, feibel@eps.rutgers.edu, feibel@eps.rutgers.edu
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11:35 AM
LACUSTRINE CARBONATE STRATIGRAPHY OF SOUTHEASTERN LAKE TURKANA, KENYA
HARGRAVE, Jennifer E., HICKS, Melissa and SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, jehargra@syr.edu, jehargra@syr.edu
 
11:50 AM
Discussion
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