Western Australia coral core fluorescence data

AIMS collected coral cores in the Exmouth Gulf, North West Cape - Australian North West Shelf from three large Porites lutea colonies at South Muiron Island, Tantabiddi Lagoon and Bundegi Reef in November 1994. Two cores from each colony were collected to reconstruct the climate and environmental history of the region from the annual density bands, luminescent bands and geochemical tracers contained within the coral skeleton.

The cores from South Muiron Island and Tantabiddi Lagoon were analyised for growth and luminescence using X-radiographs, gamma densitometry, and coral UV fluorescence proceedures. The data are used to determine river discharge data.

Isotopic analyses of two of the coral cores from South Muiron Island and Tantabiddi lagoon were undertaken by Anne Muller as part of her PHD study at RSES, ANU. These results for cores at Tantibidi Lagoon and South Muiron Island were published in Muller et al. (2004).

1994年11月，AIMS于澳大利亚西北大陆架西北岬的埃克斯茅斯湾，从南缪伦岛、坦塔比迪泻湖与邦德基礁的3个大型黄体孔珊瑚（Porites lutea）群落中采集珊瑚岩芯。每个群落采集2根岩芯，旨在依托珊瑚骨骼中的年密度层、发光层与地球化学示踪剂，重建该区域的气候与环境演化历史。
研究人员通过X射线照相法、伽马密度测量法及珊瑚紫外荧光测试流程，对南缪伦岛与坦塔比迪泻湖的岩芯开展生长特性与发光特征分析，所得数据可用于反演区域河流径流量。
南缪伦岛与坦塔比迪泻湖的其中2根珊瑚岩芯的同位素分析工作，由安妮·穆勒（Anne Muller）作为其博士（PhD）研究的一部分，在澳大利亚国立大学（ANU）地球科学学院（RSES）完成。坦塔比迪泻湖与南缪伦岛岩芯的相关研究成果，已发表于Muller等人（2004）的学术论文中。