Secrets from a deep reef: Structure, biogeography and palaeoclimate reconstruction from Mingulay Reef Complex sediment cores
Melanie Douarin (University of Edinburgh), SAGES PhD Project
Presented at Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology Away Day 2012
Secrets from a deep reef: Melanie Douarin, University of Edinburgh
1. Secrets from a deep reef:
Structure, biogeography and palaeoclimate reconstruction from Mingulay Reef Complex sediment cores
Melanie Douarin (University of Edinburgh), SAGES PhD Project
(1) Propose a model of cold-water coral reef build-up
=> CTscan images – fossils identification
(2) Reconstruct the spatial and temporal growth
history of the reef
= > Downcore and surface dating
(3) Document ocean circulation changes
=> Coupled U-series and Radiocarbon
dating on Lophelia sp.
(4) Test if trace/minor elements composition in Lophelia sp.
skeleton could be used for palaeo-environmental
reconstructions (i.e Temperature – Salinity)
=> High resolution ion microprobe study
