GSA 2020 Connects Online

Session No. 210
Thursday, 29 October 2020: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T167. Sedimentary Records of Neogene and Quaternary Environmental Change from Eastern Africa

GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Michael M. McGlue, Sarah Ivory, Anne L. Billingsley and Catherine C. Beck, Advocates
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1:30 PM
RECONSIDERATION OF THE STRATIGRAPHY OF RUSINGA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA KENYA AND ITS IMPACT ON FLORAL AND FAUNAL EVOLUTIONARY INTERPRETATIONS
MICHEL, Lauren A., Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, LEHMANN, Thomas, Messel Research and Mammalogy Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, JENKINS, Kirsten E., Department of Social Sciences, Tacoma Community College, 6501 S 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98466, MUTETI, Samuel, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455; Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya and PEPPE, Daniel J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798
1:45 PM
EARLY MIOCENE EVOLUTION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS AND C4 VEGETATION IN EQUATORIAL EAST AFRICA
PEPPE, Daniel J.1, COTE, Susanne2, DEINO, Alan L.3, DRIESE, Steven G.4, GARRETT, Nicole5, HILLIS, Kayla R.6, JACOBS, Bonnie F.7, JENKINS, Kirsten E.8, KINGSTON, John D.9, KINYANJUI, Rahab N.10, LEHMANN, Thomas11, LUKENS, William E.12, MCNULTY, Kieran P.13, MACLATCHY, Laura M.14, MICHEL, Lauren A.6, MILLER, Ellen15, NENGO, Isaiah16, NOVELLO, Alice17, OGINGA, Kennedy Ogonda18, ROSSIE, James B.19, STROMBERG, Caroline A.E.20 and UNO, Kevin T.21, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, (7)Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, (8)Department of Sociology, Tacoma Community College, 6501 S 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98466, (9)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (10)Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya, (11)Messel Research and Mammalogy Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (12)Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, 801 Carrier Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (13)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (14)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (15)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (16)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364, (17)Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-3010, (18)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (19)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (20)Department of Biology, University of Washington, 253 LSB, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (21)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000
2:00 PM
NORTHEAST AFRICAN PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE PATTERNS USING PLANT WAX ISOTOPES FROM MEDITERRANEAN SAPROPELS (Invited Presentation)
LUPIEN, Rachel1, DEMENOCAL, Peter2, UNO, Kevin1, ROSE, Cassaundra3 and POLISSAR, Pratigya4, (1)Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964; Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, (3)The Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, State of Maine, Augusta, ME 04333, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, UC, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
2:15 PM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN WEST TURKANA (EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM, KENYA)
NUTZ, Alexis1, SCHUSTER, Mathieu2, BARBONI, Doris1, GASSIER, Ghislain1, VAN BOCXLAER, Bert3, ROBIN, Cécile4, RAGON, Théa5, GHIENNE, Jean-François2 and RUBINO, Jean-Loup6, (1)Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRA, CEREGE, Aix en Provence, 13545, France, (2)UMR 7516 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, IPGS, Strasbourg, 67000, France, (3)CNRS, Univ. Lille, UMR 8198 Evo-Eco-Paleo, Lille, 59000, France, (4)Univ Rennes – CNRS, Géosciences-Rennes, UMR 6118, Rennes, France, (5)California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91125, (6)Total S.A., CSTJF, Pau, 64018, France
2:30 PM
10BE-DERIVED PALEOEROSION RATES FROM NORTHERN AWASH AND WEST TURKANA HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT (HSPDP) DRILL CORES
ZAWACKI, Emily E.1, ARROWSMITH, J. Ramón1, CAMPISANO, Christopher J.2, HEIMSATH, Arjun M.3, STRECKER, Manfred R.4 and FEIBEL, Craig S.5, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 781 E Terrace Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004, (2)Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004, (4)Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universitaet Potsdam, K.-Liebknecht-Str.24/25, Haus 27, Potsdam, 14476, Germany, (5)Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
2:45 PM
A CORE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY FOR PLEISTOCENE PALEOLAKE OLDUVAI, TANZANIA, BASED ON MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE
MCHENRY, Lindsay J.1, STANISTREET, Ian G.2, STOLLHOFEN, Harald3, DEINO, Alan4, KODIKARA, Gayantha Loku1, NJAU, Jackson K.5, SCHICK, Kathy6 and TOTH, Nicholas6, (1)Geosciences, UW Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47408; Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU), Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, (4)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, (5)Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47408; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405, (6)Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47408
3:00 PM
THE PRESENT IS NOT THE KEY TO THE PAST: HERBIVORE DIETS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE REIGN OF C4 GRASSES IN SOUTHERN KENYAN RIFT VALLEY FOR THE LAST 1 MILLION YEARS
PAGE, Mara1, LEVIN, Naomi E.1 and POTTS, Richard2, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, DC, Kenya; Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20013-7012
3:15 PM
DID CLIMATE DRIVE FAUNAL SUCCESSION AND HOMININ CULTURAL CHANGE IN EAST AFRICA BETWEEN 300 AND 500 KA?
JOHNSON, Thomas, CASTAÑEDA, Isla S., SARNO, Caitlyn and SALACUP, Jeffrey, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297
3:30 PM
PALEOSOLS REVEAL CLIMATE-DRIVEN FLUCTUATIONS OF WEATHERING IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEO-CRITICAL ZONES OF GONA, ETHIOPIA
TAKASHITA-BYNUM, Kevin K.1, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.1, WHITE, Marie N.2, DRIESE, Steven G.3, BEASLEY, Madeline R.4, ROGERS, Michael J.5 and SEMAW, Sileshi6, (1)Watershed Studies Institute, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 445 State, Memphis, TN 38111, (3)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (5)Department of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, (6)Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Sierra de Atapuerca 3, Burgos, 09002, Spain
3:45 PM
FLUVIAL RESPONSE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE PLEISTOCENE AND AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD IN ETHIOPIA
STINCHCOMB, Gary E.1, QUADE, Jay2, LEVIN, Naomi E.3, IVERSON, Nels4, DUNBAR, Nelia4, MCINTOSH, William5, ARNOLD, Lee J.6, DUVAL, Mathieu7, GRÜN, Rainer7, TAKASHITA-BYNUM, Kevin K.1, WHITE, Marie N.8, GILBERT, Henry9, ROGERS, Michael J.10 and SEMAW, Sileshi11, (1)Watershed Studies Institute, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4)New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, (5)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia, (7)Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia, (8)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 445 State, Memphis, TN 38111, (9)Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, (10)Department of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, (11)Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Sierra de Atapuerca 3, Burgos, 09002, Spain
4:00 PM
LABYRINTH PATTERNS IN MAGADI CHERTS: EVIDENCE FOR EARLY FORMATION OF SILICEOUS GELS
LEET, Kennie, State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton, NY 13902, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept. of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, RENAUT, Robin W., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and COHEN, Andrew, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
4:15 PM
LAKE ABHE TOWER CARBONATE FABRICS AS A POTENTIAL PROXY FOR HYDROCLIMATE VARIATION IN THE AFAR RIFT
DEMOTT, Laura M. and SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
4:30 PM
INSIGHT INTO LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN MOZAMBIQUE: OSTRACOD, GEOCHEMICAL AND GRAIN-SIZE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
MARTINS, M. Joao1, GOMES, Ana1, NORA, David1, CONNOR, Simon2, SKOSEY-LALONDE, Elena3, ZINSIOUS, Brandon3, RAJA, Mussa4, MOURA, Delminda5, MENDES, Isabel5, HAWS, Jonathon6 and BICHO, Nuno1, (1)ICArEHB, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, 8005, Portugal, (2)School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT 06269, (4)Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, (5)CIMA, University of Algarve, Faro, 8005, Portugal, (6)Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
4:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HOLOCENE SEDIMENT CORES FROM THE SOUTHERN BASIN OF LAKE TANGANYIKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE FISHERY IN ONE OF AFRICA’S LARGEST LAKES
KAMULALI, Tumaini M.1, MCGLUE, Michael M.2, STONE, Jeffery R.3, KIMIREI, Ismael A.4 and COHEN, Andrew S.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (4)Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Dar es salaam, P.O Box 9750, Tanzania, United Republic of
5:00 PM
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: HOW SEDIMENTOLOGY CAN RECONSTRUCT THE DYNAMICS OF A 17-MILLION-YEAR-OLD RIVER IN KENYA
BLACKMAN, Cole B., Geologic and Environmental Science, Appalachian State, 24 Indian Camp drive, Weaverville, NC 28787 and LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608
5:10 PM
THE INTEGRATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF EAST AFRICAN TEPHRA DATASETS: IMPROVING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION WITH EARTHD
VAN HAZINGA, Cora1, THOMPSON, Sharissa1, BARR, Alyssa2, DIMAGGIO, Erin N.2 and MANA, Sara1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970, (2)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
5:20 PM
MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE DIATOM PALEOECOLOGY AND HYDROCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION FROM LAKE MALAWI, EAST AFRICA
STREIB, Laura C.1, STONE, Jeffery R.2 and SCHOLZ, Christopher A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809
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