GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 269
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Halls 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)

T45. Miocene–Pliocene Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to the Climate System (Posters)

Paleontological Society; GSA Limnogeology Division
Authors will be present from 9:30 to 11:30 AM and 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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PLANT WAX RECONSTRUCTIONS OF PALEOECOLOGY AND PALEOHYDROLOGY AT WORANSO-MILLE, ETHIOPIA
PEAPLE, Mark D., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, LOS ANGELES, CA 90089, FEAKINS, Sarah J., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90889-0740, LEVIN, Naomi E., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and HAILE-SELASSIE, Yohannes, Physical Anthropology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106, peaple@usc.edu
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STEP-WISE COOLING IN THE HIGH NORTH ATLANTIC OVER THE PAST 17 MILLION YEARS
BUZETA, Rachel Kristine1, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.2, UNO, Kevin T.2 and PHELPS, Samuel R.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park Ave, Dayton, OH 45469, (2)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, buzetar1@udayton.edu
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PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EARLY MIOCENE TINDERET SITES IN WESTERN KENYA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HOMINOID EVOLUTION
OGINGA, Kennedy Ogonda, Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798, PEPPE, Daniel J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, LUKENS, William E., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, LUTZ, James A., Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 and MICHEL, Lauren A., Tennessee Tech University, Department of Earth Sciences, Kittrell Hall, 815 Quadrangle Dr., Cookeville, TN 38505, kennedy_ogonda@baylor.edu
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THE EVOLUTION OF C4 GRASSLANDS IN AUSTRALIA: PHYTOLITH ASSEMBLAGE DATA FROM NEOGENE MARINE CORES
JACKSON, Kevin E.1, STRÖMBERG, Caroline A.E.2, ANDRAE, Jake W.3 and MCINERNEY, Francesca A.3, (1)Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98015, (2)Department of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98015, (3)Sprigg Geobiology Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, kjack94@uw.edu
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SUBORBITAL-SCALE CO2 RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EARLIEST MIOCENE BASED ON FOSSIL LEAVES
VALDIVIA-MCCARTHY, Ailin Del Carmen, Environmental Science, Barnard College, 4905 ALTSCHUL, New York, NY 10029, REICHGELT, Tammo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, D'ANDREA, William J., Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Rte 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 and FOX, Beth R.S., Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand, av2630@barnard.edu
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PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS OF AN EARLY MIOCENE PRIMATE SITE USING SIZE AND STABLE ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF RHIZOLITHS; LOPEROT, WEST TURKANA (KENYA)
BEANE, Luke, Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, PO Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, beanela@appstate.edu
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UTILIZING STRATIGRAPHY AND STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY TO RECONSTRUCT THE ANCIENT ENVIRONMENTS OF OUR PRIMATE ANCESTORS: LOPEROT, GREAT RIFT VALLEY, KENYA
TAKASHITA-BYNUM, Kevin K.1, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M.1, BEANE, Luke1, WRIGHT, James D.2, GROSSMAN, Aryeh3 and KIRERA, Francis M.4, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 287 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, (4)School of Medicine, Mercer University, 1550 College Street, Macon, GA 31207, bynumkk@appstate.edu
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