Research Project
Researchers:
Australian Institute of Marine Science
(Associated with)
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Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
(Associated with)
,
Australian National University
(Associated with)
,
Eric Matson
(contributor)
,
James Cook University
(Associated with)
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Full description While coral geochemistry records are widely cited as evidence for increased suspended sediment loads delivered to the Great Barrier Reef since the 1850s, there has been little replication or quantification of the records. Indeed, most records are based on cores collected prior to the year 2000 when limited catchment monitoring data existed to ‘validate’ the interpretations that certain trace element ratios provided proxies of annual sediment loadings. This project will analyse the geochemistry of coral cores collected in 2012 from sites in the central GBR and compare the ratios to measured sediment and particulate nutrient loads from the Burdekin River.
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Credit
This project was funded by the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment through the National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub with co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Data time period: 2015-07-01 to 02 2016
(Project page)
uri :
https://nesptropical.edu.au/index.php/round-1-projects/project-1-3/
(NESP TWQ Hub)
uri :
https://nesptropical.edu.au/index.php/nesp-twq/
(Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - National Environmental Science Program website)
uri :
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/nesp/hub-tropical-water-quality
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