EAGER: Geological and Paleontological Exploration of the Southern Weyto Basin, Ethiopia - A Potential Dataset for Climate Change Impacts on a Plio-Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna

埃塞俄比亚Weyto盆地南部的地质和古生物勘探——气候变化对上新世-更新世哺乳动物动物群影响的潜在数据集。埃塞俄比亚Weyto盆地南部（又名Chew Bahir盆地）似乎含有大量的沉积物，其中可能含有重要的哺乳动物。这种特征是基于地质图、遥感数据和非常简短的地面调查。PI计划系统地调查韦托南部，以确定其地质和古生物属性。如果初步指标准确，该地区可能提供有用的矿床，用于检验古生物学和地质学的多个重要假设。这里要求资助对南部Weyto盆地进行为期一个月的地质和古生物调查，以评估这些沉积物的潜力，以测试三组主要假设：气候变化与哺乳动物进化之间的关系，Afar和Omo-Turkana盆地动物的生物地理差异，东非裂谷，隆起和干旱化之间的关系。

EAGER: Geological and Paleontological Exploration of the Southern WeytoBasin, Ethiopia -- A Potential Dataset for Climate Change Impacts on a Plio-Pleistocene Mammalian FaunaDavid DeGustaEAR-0937501, Stanford UniversityABSTRACTThe southern portion of Ethiopia's Weyto Basin (aka Chew Bahir Basin) appears to contain substantial sedimentary deposits with potentially significant mammalian faunas. This characterization is based on geological maps, remote sensing data, and very brief ground survey. PI plans to systematically survey southern Weyto to determine its geological and paleontological attributes. If the preliminary indicators are accurate, this area may provide deposits useful for testing multiple important hypotheses in paleobiology and geology. Funding is requested here for a one month geological and paleontological survey of the southern Weyto basin to evaluate the potential of these deposits for testing three main sets of hypotheses: the relationship between climate change and mammalian evolution, the biogeographic divergence of the Afar and Omo-Turkana Basin faunas, and the relationship between rifting, uplift, and aridification in East Africa.