Response of the Great Barrier Reef over the past 30 Kyr

Jody Webster (University of Sydney, Australia) and co-authors published a synthesis of all the available geomorphic, sedimentological, biological and dating information from fossil reef cores recovered from IODP Expedition 325 Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes:

Webster JM, Braga JC, Humblet M, Potts DC, Iryu Y, Yokoyama Y, Fujita K, Bourillot R, Esat TM, Fallon S, Thompson WG, Thomas AL, Kan H, McGregor HV, Hinestrosa G, Obrochta SP and Lougheed BC (2018) – Response of the Great Barrier Reef to sea-level and environmental changes over the past 30,000 years – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0127-3.

Web page of Expedition 325: https://www.ecord.org/expedition325/

Photo caption: Coralline-algal crusts with gastropods (white), red coral Tubipora musica and microbialites (grey) (credit: ECORD/IODP).