152 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom A&B

Presentations

• 8:10 AM
  FIVE DECADES OF PALEONTOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY IN THE TURKANA BASIN
  Louise Leakey, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi and Louise Leakey, Turkana Basin Institute, Nairobi
  402258 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE TURKANA BASIN, EASTERN AFRICA
  Robert G. Raynolds, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO and Craig Feibel, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  402242 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  THE DYNAMICS OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM WITHIN THE TURKANA BASIN REGION
  William Holt, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Catherine Beck, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY and Daeun Lee, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Chris J. Poulsen, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Alireza Bahadori, New York, NY and Lajhon Campbell, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Jacqueline Austermann, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Samuel Boone, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC and Samuel Boone, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC and Emma Rasbury, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Christian Rowan, Palisades, NY and Christian Rowan, Columbia University, New York, NY and Anne Bécel, Palisades, NY and Craig Feibel, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  405374 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES IN EAST AFRICA AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY, AND AGES OF THE SEDIMENTS IN THE TURKANA BASIN
  Bereket Haileab, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  404084 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA – PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
  Anna Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
  402621 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  THE TURKANA BASIN AS A PROVING GROUND FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES
  Thure Cerling, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  400987 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  LAKE TURKANA’S FISHERIES: NEW INSIGHTS FROM A CENTURY OF LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
  Madison Muehl, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Jill A. Olin, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and James K. Keyombe, Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu, Nyanza and Robert C. Aller, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Josephine Y. Aller, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Kamazima M. Lwiza, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Michael G. Frisk, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
  404151 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  FLOWING THROUGH TIME: THE CHANGING HYDROCLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES OF LAKE TURKANA
  Lydia Olaka, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi
  405118 (Technical Sessions)