GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 168
Monday, 26 September 2016: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)

T194. The Context of Our Origins: Geological Studies of Old World Fossil Primate and Hominin Sites (Posters)

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Paleontological Society
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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EARLY MIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS NEAR KARUNGU, WESTERN KENYA
LUKENS, William E.1, LEHMANN, Thomas2, FOX, David L.3, DEINO, Alan4, KINGSTON, John D.5, PEPPE, Daniel J.1 and DRIESE, Steven G.1, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Palaeontology and Messel Research Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, (5)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, bill_lukens@baylor.edu
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GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BELL'S KORONGO EAST SITE, OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
FADEM, Cynthia M., SORROWS, Katherine C., CURRY, Gavin P., REHM, Gabriel E. and EVANS, Matthew S., Earlham College, Department of Geology, Richmond, ksorro13@earlham.edu
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SEDIMENTARY BIOMARKERS RECORD ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH SHALLOWING OF PALEOLAKE OLDUVAI (CA. 1.8 MYR)
SHILLING, Andrea M.1, COLCORD, Devon E.1, FREEMAN, Katherine H.2, NJAU, Jackson, K.3, STANISTREET, Ian G.4, STOLLHOFEN, Harald5, SCHICK, Kathy6, TOTH, Nick6 and BRASSELL, Simon C.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407; Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (4)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407; Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (5)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU), Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, (6)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407, andshill@indiana.edu
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USING CONGLOMERATES AND PALEOSOLS TO MAKE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE SIDE GORGE OF OLDUVAI GORGE, TANZANIA
KEARNEY, John C.1, JOHNSON, Claudia C.1 and NJAU, Jackson, K.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth St., Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, (2)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407; Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth St., Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, kearneyj@indiana.edu
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OLDOINYO LENGAI: CLASTS & CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD'S STRANGEST ACTIVE VOLCANO
HARTNEY, Travis A.1, CARMICHAEL, Sarah K.1 and LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M.2, (1)Geology, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers St, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, PO Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, hartneyta@appstate.edu
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REFINED STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION FOR THE FOSSIL-BEARING LOWER MIOCENE LOCHERANGAN SECTION, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
LANGWORTHY, Mary1, BECK, Catherine C.2, FEIBEL, Craig S.3, BEVERLY, Emily J.4 and ALLEN, Mary Margaret1, (1)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (4)Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, mlangwor@hamilton.edu
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WHY LOMEKWI?  THE GEOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL CONTEXT OF THE LOMEKWI 3 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN KENYA: A SEDIMENTARY FACIES ANALYSIS
BOYD, Melissa D.1, FEIBEL, Craig S.1, MANTHI, Frederick Kyalo2, WARD, Carol V.3 and PLAVCAN, J. Michael4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Department of Palaeontology, National Museums of Kenya, Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya, (3)Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, M263 Medical Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65212, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, 330 Old Main, Fayetteville, AR 72701, melissa.boyd@rutgers.edu
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PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLOCENE GALANA BOI FORMATION AT KABUA GORGE, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
ALLEN, Mary Margaret1, BECK, Catherine C.2, LANGWORTHY, Mary1, FEIBEL, Craig S.3 and BEVERLY, Emily J.4, (1)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (3)Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers Univ, 131 George St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, (4)Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, mxallen@hamilton.edu
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SEDIMENTOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE RISING STAR CAVE SYSTEM: PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR TAPHONOMIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS
HILBERT-WOLF, Hannah L.1, ROBERTS, Eric M.2, DIRKS, Paul H.G.M.1, ROBBINS, Jess L.1, WIERSMA, Jelle P.2 and SPANDLER, Carl1, (1)Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia, (2)Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, hannah.hilbertwolf@my.jcu.edu.au
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