GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 167
Tuesday, 17 October 2023: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Hall B (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T48. Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic (Posters)

GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Paleontological Society; SEPM (Society For Sedimentary Geology); GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Research Institution

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM.

 

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PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LOCHERANGAN, A MIOCENE FOSSIL BEARING LOCALITY, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
ESBER, Renee1, STINCHCOMB, Gary2, BECK, Catherine3, MANA, Sara1, BATLAY, Adeera3, MINYA, Aggrey4, SASLAW, Mae5, BEVERLY, Emily Jane6, FEIBEL, Craig7 and HENKES, Gregory5, (1)Geological Sciences, Salem State University, Salem, MA 01970, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 109 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, (3)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (4)Turkana University College, Nairobi, Kenya, (5)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (6)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd #312, Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77004, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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INSIGHTS FROM ~17 MA SOIL CARBONATE STABLE ISOTOPES AND GCM RESULTS IN THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
SASLAW, Mae1, LEE, Daeun2, POULSEN, Chris J.3, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia4, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.5, SHEDROFF, Sara6, BECK, Catherine7, FEIBEL, Craig8, MILLER, Ellen9 and HENKES, Gregory1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (4)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (6)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (7)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (9)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
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EXPLORING POST-DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN LATE MIOCENE PALEOSOLS AT LOTHAGAM, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
BATLAY, Adeera1, STINCHCOMB, Gary2, ROWAN, John3, BECK, Catherine1, SASLAW, Mae4 and HENKES, Gregory4, (1)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 235 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, (3)Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, (4)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF EARLY MIOCENE HOMINOID-BEARING STRATA AT MORUOROT, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
LUKENS, William E.1, PEPPE, Daniel2, COTE, Susanne3, HUTT, Josephine M.1, HEROLD, Joslyn I.1, TAMON, Obrine T.1, MUNYAKA, Venanzio2, MUCHEMI, Francis4, ROSSIE, James B.5 and DEINO, Alan L.6, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (2)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, (5)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (6)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
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CHARACTERIZATION OF CONGLOMERATES IN THE EARLY MIOCENE LOTHIDOK FORMATION OF WEST TURKANA, KENYA
HUTT, Josephine M.1, HEROLD, Joslyn I.1, MUNYAKA, Venanzio2, MUCHEMI, Francis3, PEPPE, Daniel2, COTE, Susanne4, ROSSIE, James B.5 and LUKENS, William E.1, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (2)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, (4)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (5)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A MIDDLE MIOCENE PRIMATE FOSSIL SITE IN WEST TURKANA, KENYA
HEROLD, Joslyn1, LUKENS, William1, ROSSIE, James B.2, COTE, Susanne3, PEPPE, Daniel4 and DEINO, Alan5, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (2)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (3)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (5)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709
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HYDROTHERMAL CARBONATES FROM TURKANA, KENYA, PRESERVE EVIDENCE OF AN UNUSUAL MIDDLE MIOCENE THERMAL FLUID PULSE (Invited Presentation)
HATTON, Kevin1, RASBURY, Troy1, HENKES, Gregory1, SASLAW, Mae1, WOOTON, Kathleen1, HEMMING, Sidney2, COX, Stephen E.3, SOUSA, Francis J.4, ROSSIE, James B.5, COTE, Susanne6, RUSSO, Gabrielle5, MILLER, Ellen7 and KAPPELMAN, John8, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Columbia University - LDEOEarth and Environmental Sciences, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964-1707, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (5)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (6)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (7)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (8)Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1692
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PALEOSOL CORE-LATIONS AND STABLE ISOTOPES IN THE EASTERN AFRICAN RIFT
RAFTER, Madison1, BEVERLY, Emily Jane1, LUKENS, William2, MCCARTHY, Carly J.1 and KINGSTON, John D.3, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd #312, Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77004, (2)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
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PLIO-PLEISTOCENE PALEOVEGETATION RECONSTRUCTION USING BULK PALEOSOL ORGANIC MATTER FROM THE BARINGO BASIN, KENYA
GEOLY, Ann1, FREDERICK, Erin1, HEROLD, Joslyn I.1, HUTT, Josephine M.1, PETROVA, Maria1, LUKENS, William E.1, RAFTER, Madison2, BEVERLY, Emily Jane2, KINGSTON, John D.3 and DEINO, Alan L.4, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77004, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (4)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
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QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF LAKE VICTORIA FROM NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION CHIRP SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA
OLLEMOITA, Leken1, SCHOLZ, Christopher A.2, BERKE, Melissa A.3, STREIB, Laura2, XUE, Liang4, WOOD, Douglas2 and KASHINDYE, Bernardo5, (1)Syracuse, NY 13210, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (4)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (5)Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI), CV9X+Q5V, Mwanza, Mwanza 255, Tanzania, United Republic of
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LINKED HYDROCLIMATE AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF OFFSHORE AND NEARSHORE LAKE TANGANYIKA DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE HOLOCENE
KAMULALI, Tumaini1, STONE, Jeffery R.2, TIERNEY, Jessica E.1, MCKAY, Nicholas P.3, YACKULIC, Ethan3 and COHEN, Andrew1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (3)School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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