GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 42
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T123. From Outcrop to Core: Integrating Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Records across Time and Space

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
Catherine C. Beck, Emily J. Beverly, Nathan Rabideaux and Mona Stockhecke, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
RECONCILING EVIDENCE FROM OUTCROPS AND DEEP-LAKE SEDIMENTS: THE CONUNDRUM OF OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN GLACIAL-ERA MONO LAKE, CALIFORNIA
ZIMMERMAN, Susan Herrgesell, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-397, Livermore, CA 94550, ALI, Guleed A.H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and HEMMING, Sidney R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, zimmerman17@llnl.gov
1:50 PM
SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUTCROPS AND CORES ALONG THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER SOUTH OF WASHINGTON DC
SMOOT, Joseph P., U.S. Geological Survey (emeritus), M.S. 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, LITWIN, Ronald J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, PAVICH, Milan J., U.S. Geological Survey (emeritus), 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and BROOK, George, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, GG Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, jpsmoot@usgs.gov
2:05 PM
USING CORE-OUTCROP COMPARISONS TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF RECENT SURFICIAL WEATHERING ON PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES IN CONTINENTAL SETTINGS (Invited Presentation)
CLYDE, William C., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, MAXBAUER, Daniel P., Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and BOWEN, Gabriel J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, will.clyde@unh.edu
2:25 PM
IDENTIFYING AND UTILIZING THOSE PESKY PALEOSOLS IN A LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE: EXAMPLES FROM THE KOORA GRABEN PLEISTOCENE PALEOLAKE, KENYA
BEVERLY, Emily J.1, POTTS, Richard2, BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K.3, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M.4, STOCKHECKE, Mona5, RABIDEAUX, Nathan M.4 and DOMMAIN, Rene6, (1)Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, (2)Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112, (3)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (4)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (5)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 8200, Switzerland, (6)Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, ebeverly@gsu.edu
2:40 PM
CORRELATING KNOWN HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLANDSCAPES TO THE OGCP CORES, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
STANISTREET, Ian G., The Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47407-5097; Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, NJAU, Jackson, K., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; The Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47407-5097, SCHICK, Kathy, Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, PO Box 5097, Bloomington, IN 47407, TOTH, Nick, Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407, STOLLHOFEN, Harald, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU), Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 and DEINO, Alan, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, istanistreet@btconnect.com
2:55 PM
THE LORENYANG LAKE AT KAITIO: OUTCROP AND CORE PERSPECTIVES ON AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE LAKE MARGIN (Invited Presentation)
FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, BECK, Catherine C., Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, VAN DER LUBBE, Jeroen H., Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10, Kiel, D-24118, Germany, JOORDENS, Josephine C., Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, SIER, Mark J., Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 17, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, BEVERLY, Emily J., Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 and COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, feibel@eps.rutgers.edu
Handouts
  • Feibel et al 2016.pptx (44.1 MB)
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    3:15 PM
    Break
    3:30 PM
    WHAT DO YOU DO WITH “HOMOGENEOUS” FINE-GRAINED INTERVALS?: LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMPARING FACIES AND OSTRACOD RECORDS BETWEEN CORE AND OUTCROP, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
    BECK, Catherine C., Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, FEIBEL, Craig S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, GRAVINA, Anna Naomi, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716, VAN DER LUBBE, Jeroen H., Geosciences, VU-University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, JOORDENS, Josephine C., Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, ccbeck@hamilton.edu
    3:45 PM
    THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF THE LAKE MAGADI BASIN: CORE ANALYSIS FROM HSPDP-MAG14 CORES 1A, 1C, AND 2A
    MCNULTY, Emma P.1, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.2, OWEN, R. Bernhart3, RENAUT, Robin W.4, DEOCAMPO, Daniel5, COHEN, Andrew S.6, MUIRURI, Veronica M.3, LEET, Kennie7, RABIDEAUX, Nathan M.8, BILLINGSLEY, Anne L.6 and MBUTHIA, Anthony9, (1)Geological and Environmental sciences, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway E., Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, (3)Dept. of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (5)Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302, (6)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton, NY 13902, (8)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (9)Tata Chemicals Magadi, Magadi, Kenya, emcnult3@binghamton.edu
    4:00 PM
    ORIGINS OF MAGADI-TYPE CHERT: NEW CLUES FROM THE HSPDP LAKE MAGADI DRILL CORES
    LEET, Kennie1, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.2, OWEN, R. Bernhart3, RENAUT, Robin W.4, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M.5, COHEN, Andrew S.6, MCNULTY, Emma P.2, MUIRURI, Veronica M.3, RABIDEAUX, Nathan M.5, BILLINGSLEY, Anne L.6 and MBUTHIA, Anthony7, (1)State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, (3)Dept. of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (5)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (6)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Tata Chemicals Magadi, Magadi, Kenya, kleet1@binghamton.edu
    4:15 PM
    QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTS OF THE MAGADI BASIN: GEOCHEMICAL AND MICROFOSSIL STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITY
    OWEN, R. Bernhart1, MUIRURI, Veronica M.2, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.3, RENAUT, Robin W.4, COHEN, Andrew S.5, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M.6, MCNULTY, Emma P.3, LEET, Kennie7, RABIDEAUX, Nathan M.6, BILLINGSLEY, Anne L.5 and MBUTHIA, Anthony8, (1)Dept. of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, (2)Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (3)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (5)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, (7)State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton, NY 13902, (8)Tata Chemicals Magadi, Magadi, Kenya, owen@hkbu.edu.hk
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