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

Session No. 321
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibition Hall C (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

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

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

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329
USING PALEOSOLS TO RECONSTRUCT THE PALEOCLIMATE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, KENYA
ARELLANO, Lisabeth1, BEVERLY, Emily J.2, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, DRIESE, Steven G.3, FAITH, J. Tyler4 and TRYON, Christian A.5, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (4)School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Michie Building (#9), Brisbane, 4072, Australia, (5)Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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EXPLORING EARLY MIOCENE AFRICAN CATARRHINE EVOLUTION THROUGH PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; LOPEROT, KENYA
BURNS, Oliver E., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, P.O. Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M., Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, PO Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608 and GROSSMAN, Aryeh, Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308
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PRELIMINARY TOC/TIC AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA FROM TWO HSPDP DRILL CORE SITES IN KENYA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PLIOCENE HOMININ PALEOENVIRONMENTS
ORTIZ, Kevin1, PLANGE, Kojo1, COHEN, Andrew S.1, FEIBEL, Craig S.2, KINGSTON, John D.3, DEINO, Alan4, HILL, Andrew5 and SMITH, Preston1, (1)Geosciences, University of Arizona, Dept. of Geoscience, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers Univ, 131 George St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (4)Berkely Geochronology Lab, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (5)Peabody Museum, Yale University, 10 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511
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A PRELIMINARY FOSSIL DIATOM ANALYSIS OF WEST TURKANA PALEOLAKE: THE HOMINID SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP)
BRINDLE, Matthew, Geology Program, Indiana State University, 159 Science Building, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and STONE, Jeffery, Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809
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A COMPREHENSIVE SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NGANDONG PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL SITE IN CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA
SIPOLA, Maija E., Department of Chemistry & Geology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 241 Ford Hall, Mankato, MN 56001
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EMBAGAI CALDERA, NGORONGORO VOLCANIC HIGHLANDS, TANZANIA: A POTENTIAL VOLCANIC SOURCE FOR OLDUVAI GORGE BED III
GREENWOOD, Steven M., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 and MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
335
COMPOUND-SPECIFIC HYDROGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE OF THE TERMINAL CLASSIC DROUGHT FROM HISPANIOLA AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES
LANE, Chad, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403, HORN, Sally P., Department of Geography, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996 and KERR, Matthew T., Geography, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996
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