GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 219
Tuesday, 24 September 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
207A (Anaheim Convention Center)

T161. 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa Topical Session

 

Christian Rowan, Catherine Beck and Craig Feibel, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE MAGMA-RICH TURKANA RIFT ZONE IN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM
ROWAN, Christian, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Schermerhorn Extension 5th Floor, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, BÉCEL, Anne, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Schermerhorn Extension 5th Floor, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027 and KOLAWOLE, Folarin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Schermerhorn Extension 5th Floor, 1200 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
1:50 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGY AND TERRESTRIAL PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE HOMINOID FOSSIL-BEARING STRATA AT BULUK, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
PEPPE, Daniel J.1, LUKENS, William E.2, DEINO, Alan L.3, BEVERLY, Emily J.4, FOX, David L.4, FLYNN, Andrew G.5, MARTINEZ, Gilberto2, OGINGA, Kennedy Ogonda6, TESFAY, Kahsay Nugsse1, UNO, Kevin T.7 and MILLER, Ellen8, (1)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (5)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, (6)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354; Terra Guidance, Englewood, CO 80110, (7)Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, (8)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
2:05 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PALEOCLIMATE OF EARLY MIOCENE FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA AT MORUOROT, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
LUKENS, William1, PEPPE, Daniel2, COTE, Susanne3, ROSSIE, James B.4, VENTERS, Ana1, HEROLD, Joslyn I.1, MUNYAKA, Venanzio2, MUCHEMI, Francis5 and DEINO, Alan L.6, (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 Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (5)Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, (6)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
2:20 PM
MIOCENE LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION AND FAUNAL EVOLUTION IN KENYA’S TURKANA BASIN: A REPORT FROM THE TURKANA MIOCENE PROJECT
HENKES, Gregory1, BECK, Catherine2, FEIBEL, Craig3, POULSEN, Chris J.4, UNO, Kevin T.5, BAHADORI, Alireza6, BECEL, Anne7, COX, Stephen E.7, FORTELIUS, Mikael8, GREEN, Daniel R.5, HEMMING, Sidney9, HOLT, William1, KINYANJUI, Rahab N.10, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M.11, MALIT, Nasser12, MANA, Sara13, MILLER, Ellen14, ROWAN, John15, RASBURY, E. Troy1, RUSSO, Gabrielle16, SMILEY, Tara17, SOUSA, Francis18, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.19, UNGAR, Peter S.20, VITEK, Natasha21, ŽLIOBAITE, Indrė22 and TMP MEMBERS, Other23, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (5)Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, (6)Springer Nature Group, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600., New York, NY 10004-1562, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (8)Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, n/a 00014, Finland, (9)Columbia University - LDEO Earth and Environmental Sciences, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964-1707, (10)Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya, (11)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608, (12)Department of Anthropology, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676, (13)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, (14)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (15)Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, (16)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (17)Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11733-1123, (18)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 114 Burt Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, (19)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (20)Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (21)Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, 632 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0001, (22)Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, n/a 00014, Finland, (23)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11733
2:35 PM
FOSSIL WOOD-ASSOCIATED DOLOMITE RECORDS AN UNUSUAL RIFT RELATED FLUID
HATTON, Kevin1, RASBURY, E. Troy1, HENKES, Gregory1, SOUSA, Francis J.2, COX, Stephen E.3, HEMMING, Sidney3, SASLAW, Mae1, ROSSIE, James B.4 and COTE, Susanne5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (5)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada
2:50 PM
RECONSTRUCTING MIOCENE ECOLOGIES IN THE TURKANA BASIN: INSIGHTS FROM PLANT WAX N-ALKANES
TWEEDY, Ruth1, UNO, Kevin2, SASLAW, Mae3, HENKES, Gregory3, BECK, Catherine4, FEIBEL, Craig5, LUKENS, William E.6, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.7, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia8, MILLER, Ellen9, MINYA, Aggrey10, SHEDROFF, Sara11, GREEN, Daniel R.2, HOUSE, Ashley12 and BAPANA, Sneha13, (1)Earth & Planetary Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 601 West 115th Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (4)Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (6)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807-1004, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (8)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, (9)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (10)Turkana University College, Nairobi, Kenya, (11)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, (12)Columbia University, 116th and Broadway, New York, NY 100227, (13)Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
3:05 PM
CLIMATE SEASONALITY IN THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA FROM 6-1 MA: ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FROM FOSSIL EQUID TEETH.
WAINWRIGHT, Jensen, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and BLUMENTHAL, Scott, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
DEEP DRILLING IN THE TURKANA BASIN PROJECT: EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND HOMININ EVOLUTION OVER THE PAST 4 MYR
BECK, Catherine, Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, ROWAN, Christian, Marine & Polar Geophysics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rt. 9W, Rm. 302C, Oceanography Building, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, FOERSTER, Verena, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Geography Education, University of Cologne, Gronewaldstr. 2, Köln, D-50931, Germany, MUIRHEAD, James D., University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ROBERTS, Helen, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, BERKE, Melissa A., Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, CANTNER, Kat, Continental Scientific Drilling Facility, 116 Church Street SE, Tate Hall Room 175, Minneapolis, MN 55455, FEIBEL, Craig, Earth and Planetary Sciencies and Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, MIBEI, Geoffery, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, NOREN, Anders, Continental Scientifc Drilling Facility, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 68588, 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; Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya, SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and DDTB PROJECT TEAM, The, Various
3:50 PM
HIGH PRECISION 40Ar/39Ar DATING OF PLIOCENE TURKANA TUFFS
PHILLIPS, David1, SAVELKOULS, Ashley2, SAMIM, Saini1, DALTON, Hayden1 and MATCHAN, Erin2, (1)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, (2)School of Geography, Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Building 161, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
4:05 PM
ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTING OF THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TURKANA TUFFS
DALTON, Hayden, PHILLIPS, David, SAMIM, Saini, SAVELKOULS, Ashley and WAINWRIGHT, Ashlea, 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
4:35 PM
ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS IN MOLLUSCAN BIVALVES RECORD CATCHMENT AND EVAPORATIVE CONTROLS IN THE OMO-TURKANA BASIN (Invited Presentation)
LUBBE, Hieronymus, Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, BEDASO, Zelalem K., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-2364 and BECK, Catherine, Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323
4:50 PM
SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATION IN THE DIETS OF TURKANA BASIN HOMININS, THEROPITHECUS, AND OTHER MAMMALS
BLUMENTHAL, Scott, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, CERLING, Thure, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CHRITZ, Kendra, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, LEE-THORP, Julia, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3TG, United Kingdom, MANTHI, Fredrick K., Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya and WAINWRIGHT, Jensen, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
5:05 PM
THE TURKANA BASIN DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY: DYNAMIC NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS
CHRITZ, Kendra, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, HILDEBRAND, Elisabeth, Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, GRILLO, Katherine, Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, SAWCHUK, Elizabeth, Anthropology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH 44106, KINYANJUI, Rahab N., Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 20013, Washington DC, MD 7012, GOLDSTEIN, Steven, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, JANZEN, Anneke, Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996 and NDIEMA, Emmanuel, Archaeology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
 
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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