Collect cores from modern and late Holocene coral heads from the nearshore environments of south Florida to reconstruct paleoclimate and coral growth.
Location
Nearshore reefs of southeast Florida
Summary
We collected cores from 10 Holocene-aged Orbicella spp. corals from the nearshore ridge off of Pompano Beach, Fl and cores from 3 modern corals throughout SE Florida
Info derived
Coral cores which will be analyzed to evaluate coral growth rates and to develop geochemical reconstructions of climate
