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Activity

2025

• GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DIKES AND LAVA FLOWS IN LOPEROT, KENYA
  12 Multidisciplinary Insights from Field and Laboratory Data on Modern and Ancient Plate Margin Processes
  Friday, 28 March 2025

  8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

  North Great Hall

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2024

• DEEP DRILLING IN THE TURKANA BASIN PROJECT: EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND HOMININ EVOLUTION OVER THE PAST 4 MYR
  T219 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa Topical Session
  Tuesday, 24 September 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  207A
• THE DYNAMICS OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM WITHIN THE TURKANA BASIN REGION
  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
• MIOCENE LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION AND FAUNAL EVOLUTION IN KENYA’S TURKANA BASIN: A REPORT FROM THE TURKANA MIOCENE PROJECT
  T219 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa Topical Session
  Tuesday, 24 September 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  207A
• ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS IN MOLLUSCAN BIVALVES RECORD CATCHMENT AND EVAPORATIVE CONTROLS IN THE OMO-TURKANA BASIN
  T219 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa Topical Session
  Tuesday, 24 September 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  207A
• RECONSTRUCTING MIOCENE ECOLOGIES IN THE TURKANA BASIN: INSIGHTS FROM PLANT WAX N-ALKANES
  T219 130 Years of Research in the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Insights into Earth, Climate, and Life in Eastern Africa Topical Session
  Tuesday, 24 September 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  207A
• COMPARING LITHOLOGIES AND GEOCHEMICAL SIGNALS OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN THUNDER BAY FORMATION (MICHIGAN BASIN) IN CORE AND AT THE TYPE SECTION
  7 Undergraduate Research Poster Session (Posters)
  Sunday, 21 April 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom, Oasis CC
• EARLY AND OFTEN: FIELD COURSE OPPORTUNITIES ENHANCE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
  18 What is the Future of Field Camp?
  Monday, 18 March 2024

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Contoocook Room
• PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LOCHERANGAN MIOCENE LACUSTRIAN FOSSILIFEROUS SITE, KENYA
  15 Current Research in Lacustrine Sedimentary Records and Processes for Understanding Climate and Environmental Change (Posters)
  Sunday, 17 March 2024

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Armory Ballroom

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2023

• THE PROOF IS IN THE PLANKTON: WARMING OF THE KUROSHIO CURRENT EXTENSION ACROSS THE MID-PIACENZIAN WARM PERIOD
  T237 Insights from Microfossils and Their Modern Analogs: From Traditional and Emerging Approaches, to Critical Re-Evaluations (Posters)
  Wednesday, 18 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LOCHERANGAN, A MIOCENE FOSSIL BEARING LOCALITY, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  T167 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic (Posters)
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• EXPLORING POST-DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN LATE MIOCENE PALEOSOLS AT LOTHAGAM, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  T167 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic (Posters)
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• INSIGHTS FROM ~17 MA SOIL CARBONATE STABLE ISOTOPES AND GCM RESULTS IN THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  T167 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic (Posters)
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• PALEO-SEASONALITY RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE OMO-TURKANA BASIN USING SINGLE OSTRACOD STABLE ISOTOPE SIGNATURES
  T121 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic
  Monday, 16 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  321
• FROM LAKE TO RIVERS– PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM PALEOSOLS OF LOPEROT, KENYA
  T121 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic
  Monday, 16 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  321
• NEOGENE ECOSYSTEMS AND MAMMAL DIETS IN EAST AFRICA
  T121 Exploring Changes in Climate, Flora, and Fauna of Africa through the Cenozoic
  Monday, 16 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  321
• ISOTOPE PALEOECOLOGY OF GLOBOQUADRINA DEHISCENS ACROSS THE MIOCENE CLIMATE OPTIMUM IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, IODP SITE U1510
  23 D22. Recent Developments in Biogeography and Biostratigraphy (Posters)
  Sunday, 15 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• ISOTOPE PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIOCENE PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA GLOBOQUADRINA DEHISCENS AS INFERRED FROM INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DISCOVERY PROGRAM SITE U1510, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
  20 Undergraduate and Graduate Geoscience Student Showcase (Posters)
  Friday, 17 March 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• RECONSTRUCTION OF MID-LATITUDE SURFACE OCEAN HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON PALEOECOLOGY: ASYNCHRONOUS RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT WARMING EVENTS IN THE KUROSHIO CURRENT EXTENSION DURING THE MPWP
  20 Undergraduate and Graduate Geoscience Student Showcase (Posters)
  Friday, 17 March 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2022

• EARLY MIOCENE CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE INFERRED FROM PALEOSOLS AT LOPEROT, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T243 Soils and Paleosols across Space and Time (Posters): A Celebration of Steven G. Driese
  Wednesday, 12 October 2022

  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  Exhibit Hall F
• SOIL CARBONATE CLUMPED ISOTOPE TEMPERATURES AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE MIOCENE OF THE TURKANA BASIN, EAST AFRICA
  T183 Soils and Paleosols across Space and Time II: A Celebration of Steven G. Driese
  Tuesday, 11 October 2022

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  207

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2021

• THE NATOO TUFF AT KAITIO, WEST TURKANA, KENYA: A STRATIGRAPHIC KEY FOR EARLY PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS
  T145 Reading the Record of Volcanic Tephra and Tuff in Geoarchaeological Site Studies and Drill Core Records
  Tuesday, 12 October 2021

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Portland Ballroom 253 (Hybrid Room)

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2020

• QUANTIFYING DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS USING ULTRA HIGH-RESOLUTION GRAIN SIZE ANALYSES
  56 Paleolimnological Records of Climate and Environmental Change (Posters)
  Sunday, 22 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Lake Anne
• POTENTIAL AND PITFALLS OF STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSES OF STROMATOLITES IN PALEO-CRITICAL ZONE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  47 Abiotic-Biotic Interactions in the Critical Zone (Posters)
  Saturday, 21 March 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2019

• INTEGRATING INFORMED DECISION-MAKING, A FOCUS ON CASCADIA, AND A SEMINAR ON ETHICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, POWER AND GENDER, AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO THE GEOSCIENCES TO BETTER PREPARE GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORK FORCE
  T74 Geoscience Curriculum in the Twenty-First Century: Adapting Programs to Meet Students’ Evolving Needs
  Sunday, 22 September 2019

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 101AB, West Building

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2018

• GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS OF THE WEST TURKANA KAITIO (WTK13) CORE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN THE TURKANA BASIN 1.8 TO 1.3 MA
  T184 Human Evolution and Environmental History in Africa: 25 Years of Transformative Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 6 November 2018

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls J-K
• OSTRACOD ASSEMBLAGE ANALYSIS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM THE PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE TURKWEL CLIFF, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T184 Human Evolution and Environmental History in Africa: 25 Years of Transformative Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 6 November 2018

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls J-K
• PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TWO SUBBASINS IN TUPPER LAKE, ADIRONDACK PARK, NEW YORK
  T109 Lakes through Space and Time (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2018

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls J-K

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2017

• ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS ON AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE LAKE MARGIN: THE WTK13 CORE AT KAITIO, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T309 Understanding African Environmental History through Continental Scientific Drilling: Past Successes and Future Opportunities
  Wednesday, 25 October 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 307/308
• XRF ANALYSIS OF LATE MIOCENE SEDIMENT FROM THE LOCHERANGAN LOCALITY, TURKANA BASIN OF WESTERN KENYA
  T284 Advances in Terrestrial Paleoclimate Reconstructions Using Paleosols (Posters)
  Tuesday, 24 October 2017

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls 4EF
• TECTONOMAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM AS DOCUMENTED IN WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  274 D35. Petrology, Igneous (Posters)
  Tuesday, 24 October 2017

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Halls 4EF
• LOWER MIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENT AND PALEOCLIMATE AS RECORDED BY THE LOCHERANGAN FORMATION, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  T39 Miocene–Pliocene Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to the Climate System II
  Sunday, 22 October 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 609
• HISTORICAL SEDIMENTATION IN TWO ADIRONDACK LAKES: A MULTIPROXY STUDY
  69 Paleolimnological Studies of Climate Variability and Environmental Response (Posters)
  Tuesday, 21 March 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom, 17th Floor
• SUPPORTING FEMALE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INVOLVING GEOSCIENTISTS FROM THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CAREER STAGES
  32 Women in Geology: Encouraging the Future
  Monday, 20 March 2017

  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Allegheny, 17th Floor
• PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND REGIONAL INTERPRETATION FOR THE HOMINOID-BEARING LOCHERANGAN LOCALITY IN WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  44 Geoarchaeology
  Monday, 20 March 2017

  3:25 PM - 5:30 PM

  Conference Center A, Conference Level

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2016

• PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HOLOCENE GALANA BOI FORMATION AT KABUA GORGE, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
  T168 The Context of Our Origins: Geological Studies of Old World Fossil Primate and Hominin Sites (Posters)
  Monday, 26 September 2016

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall E/F
• REFINED STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION FOR THE FOSSIL-BEARING LOWER MIOCENE LOCHERANGAN SECTION, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T168 The Context of Our Origins: Geological Studies of Old World Fossil Primate and Hominin Sites (Posters)
  Monday, 26 September 2016

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall E/F
• WHAT DO YOU DO WITH “HOMOGENEOUS” FINE-GRAINED INTERVALS?: LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMPARING FACIES AND OSTRACOD RECORDS BETWEEN CORE AND OUTCROP, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T42 From Outcrop to Core: Integrating Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Records across Time and Space
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 207
• THE LORENYANG LAKE AT KAITIO: OUTCROP AND CORE PERSPECTIVES ON AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE LAKE MARGIN
  T42 From Outcrop to Core: Integrating Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Records across Time and Space
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 207
• ISOTOPE AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE ONONDAGA FORMATION, CENTRAL NEW YORK
  T82 New Insights to the Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)
  Sunday, 25 September 2016

  9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall E/F
• THE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL ANTHROPOGENIC LAND USE VARIATIONS ON THE SEDIMENTS AND MORPHOLOGY OF ORISKANY CREEK
  46 Pleistocene to Anthropocene Landscape Evolution in the Northeastern U.S. (Posters)
  Tuesday, 22 March 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Convention Hall
• RECONSTRUCTING PALEOENVIRONMENT USING SOIL CARBONATE ISOTOPIC DATA FROM THE HOLOCENE GALANA BOI FORMATION, TURKANA, KENYA
  47 Records of Environmental Change from Lacustrine Archives (Posters)
  Tuesday, 22 March 2016

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Convention Hall

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2015

• LIVING IN A SWAMPY PARADISE: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGY AND MARSHES FROM THE AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD, WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T171 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights II
  Monday, 2 November 2015

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 324
• PALEOECOLOGY OF OSTRACODS FROM THE HOMININ SITES AND PALEOLAKES DRILLING PROJECT’S WEST TURKANA KAITIO CORE FROM WEST TURKANA, KENYA
  T136 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights (Posters)
  Monday, 2 November 2015

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall