GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 152
Tuesday, 24 September 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom A&B (Anaheim Convention Center)

P3. 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa

 

Christian M. Rowan, Catherine Beck and Craig Feibel, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
FIVE DECADES OF PALEONTOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY IN THE TURKANA BASIN
LEAKEY, Louise, Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; Anthropologuy, Turkana Basin Institute, Nairobi, 00502, Kenya
8:40 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE TURKANA BASIN, EASTERN AFRICA
RAYNOLDS, Robert G., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and FEIBEL, Craig, Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Handouts
  • Raynolds and Feibel Strat Evolution GSA 2024 pt 1.pptx (27.6 MB)
  • Raynolds and Feibel Strat Evolution GSA 2024 pt 2.pptx (48.6 MB)
  • 9:00 AM
    THE DYNAMICS OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM WITHIN THE TURKANA BASIN REGION
    HOLT, William1, BAHADORI, Alireza2, CAMPBELL, Lajhon3, AUSTERMANN, Jacqueline4, BOONE, Samuel5, RASBURY, E. Troy1, ROWAN, Christian6, BÉCEL, Anne7, FEIBEL, Craig8, BECK, Catherine9, LEE, Daeun10 and POULSEN, Chris J.11, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Springer Nature Group, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600., New York, NY 10004-1562, (3)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (5)School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; School Of Geography, Earth And Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, School Of Geography, Earth And Atmospheric Sciences, Mccoy Building, 253-283 Elgin Street, University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia, (6)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 526 West 112th Street Apt.61, New York, NY 10025, (7)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (9)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (10)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (11)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
    9:40 AM
    GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA – PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
    BEHRENSMEYER, Anna, Paleobiology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Paleobiology Department MRC 121, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
     
    10:10 AM
    Break
    10:30 AM
    THE TURKANA BASIN AS A PROVING GROUND FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES
    CERLING, Thure, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    11:00 AM
    LAKE TURKANA’S FISHERIES: NEW INSIGHTS FROM A CENTURY OF LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
    MUEHL, Madison1, OLIN, Jill A.2, KEYOMBE, James K.3, ALLER, Robert C.1, ALLER, Josephine Y.1, LWIZA, Kamazima M.1 and FRISK, Michael G.1, (1)School Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Great Lakes Research Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, (3)Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu, Nyanza 40100, Kenya
    11:20 AM
    FLOWING THROUGH TIME: THE CHANGING HYDROCLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES OF LAKE TURKANA
    OLAKA, Lydia, Department of Geoscience and Environment, School of Physics and the Environment, The Technical University of Kenya, P.O Box 52428-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
     
    11:40 AM
    Discussion