2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 292
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
207 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T241. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: Techniques—From the Unique and New to the Tried and True

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

 

Cynthia M. Liutkus-Pierce and Gail M. Ashley, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
THE HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP) DRILLING CAMPAIGNS: THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF TRYING THE UNIQUE AND NEW
CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ASRAT, Asfawossen, Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, KINGSTON, John D., Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, LAMB, Henry F., Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, OLAGO, Daniel O., Department of Geology, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya, OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, RENAUT, Robin W., Dept, of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and SCHÄBITZ, Frank, Seminar of Physical Geography and Education, University of Cologne, Cologne, D-50931, Germany
8:25 AM
A FLUCTUATING PLEISTOCENE LAKE MARGIN: UPDATES FROM THE HSPDP WEST TURKANA KAITIO DRILL LEG
BECK, Catherine C.1, FEIBEL, Craig S.2, HENDEREK, Robyn L.3, GRAVINA, Anna4, SIER, Mark J.5, COHEN, Andrew S.4 and CAMPISANO, Christopher J.6, (1)Geosciences Dept., Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Earth and Planetary Science, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, 730 High St, Easton, PA 18042, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (6)Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
Handouts
  • Beck_GSA_F_2014.pdf (32.9 MB)
  • 8:40 AM
    CORRELATIONS BETWEEN NATURAL SPECTRAL GAMMA AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY LOGS AT KENYAN HSPDP SITES: THE SEARCH FOR A MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PROXY
    MCCARTNEY, Tannis1, SCHOLZ, Christopher A.1 and COHEN, Andrew S.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
    8:55 AM
    THE ACACIA PROJECT: ANCIENT CLIMATE AND THE AUTHIGENIC CLAY INDEX OF ARIDITY
    DEOCAMPO, Daniel M.1, ASHLEY, Gail M.2, CUADROS, Javier3, DELANEY, Jeremy S.4, LONGSTAFFE, Fred J.5, ELLIOTT, W. Crawford6, KREKELER, Mark P.S.7 and RABIDEAUX, Nathan6, (1)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (4)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Biological and Geological Sciences Building, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, (6)Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, (7)Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University-Hamilton, Hamilton, OH 45011
    9:15 AM
    ILLITIZATION OF SMECTITE DUE TO FAULT RELATED HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN HSPDP WEST TURKANA CORE AS REVEALED BY CLAY MINERALOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORE INTERPRETATION
    RABIDEAUX, Nathan M.1, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M.1, FEIBEL, Craig S.2, BECK, Catherine C.3 and NIELSON, Dennis L.4, (1)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Geosciences Dept., Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (4)DOSECC Exploration Services, DES, 2075 S. Pioneer Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84104
    9:30 AM
    PRELIMINARY PHYTOLITH RESULTS FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE WEST TURKANA, KENYA, DRILL CORE OF THE HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP)
    YOST, Chad L., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
     
    9:45 AM
    Break
    10:00 AM
    LATE MIOCENE RISE OF MODERN VEGETATION AND HYDROLOGICAL GRADIENTS IN NW AFRICA FROM LEAF WAX BIOMARKERS
    ROSE, Cassaundra A., Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 104 Geoscience, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, DEMENOCAL, Peter, Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000 and POLISSAR, Pratigya J., Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964-8000
    10:15 AM
    DIET AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE TURKANA BASIN OVER THE PAST 4 MA
    CERLING, Thure E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    10:35 AM
    STABLE ISOTOPE-BASED PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION RECONSTRUCTIONS OF SOME OF THE EARLIEST HOMINID FOSSIL SITES IN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM (CHIWONDO BEDS, N MALAW)
    LÜDECKE, Tina1, MULCH, Andreas1, SCHRENK, Friedemann2, THIEMEYER, Heinrich3, WACKER, Ulrike4 and FIEBIG, Jens4, (1)Biodiversity and Climate Reseach Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (2)Institute for Ecology, Evolution & Diversity, Goethe University Frankfurt, Siesmayerstr, 7060323, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (3)Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany, (4)Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany
    10:50 AM
    SPATIAL VARIATION IN PALEO CRITICAL ZONE ECOLOGY FROM BIOMARKERS AND COMPOUND SPECIFIC δ13C EVIDENCE, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
    ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, MAGILL, Clayton R., ETH Zürich, Geologisches Institut, NO G 52 Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland and FREEMAN, Katherine, Geosciences, Penn State, 235 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
    11:10 AM
    THE ARIDITY INDEX REVISITED: RECALIBRATION AND APPLICATION TO THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, WESTERN KENYA
    BLUMENTHAL, Scott A., Department of Anthropology, The Graduate Center and NYCEP, City University of New York, 365 5th Avenue, Room 6402, New York, NY 10016, LEVIN, Naomi E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 301 Olin Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, PLUMMER, Thomas W., Department of Anthropology, Queens College and NYCEP, City University of New York, Powdermaker Hall 313A, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, DITCHFIELD, Peter W., School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom, BISHOP, Laura C., Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom, CHRITZ, Kendra L., Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 S. 1400 E, Room 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84013, WHITFIELD, Liz, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom St, James Parsons Building, Room 238b, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom, POTTS, Richard, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112 and CERLING, Thure E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    11:25 AM
    PLEISTOCENE HOMININ PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS: SEDIMENTOLOGY, MICROMORPHOLOGY, AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF RIVERINE TUFAS FROM THE RUSINGA AND KARUNGU REGIONS OF WESTERN KENYA
    BEVERLY, Emily J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, FAITH, J. Tyler, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Michie Building (#9), Brisbane, 4072, Australia, TRYON, Christian A., Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, ROURE-JOHNSON, Cara A., Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, U-2176, Storrs, CT 06269, MICHEL, Lauren A., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, TX 75201 and SHARP, Warren D., Berkeley Geoochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
     
    11:40 AM
    Discussion
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