Luke Nothdurft
My career has focused on the fields of sedimentology, geomorphology, geochemistry and geomicrobiology with an emphasis on modern and ancient coral reefs including research in:
• History of late Quaternary corals reefs of Queensland: Understanding the geomorphic and sedimentologic development coral reef ecosystems during sea level change in the Holocene and Quaternary periods on the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay.
• Use of Scleractinian corals and other biogenic carbonates for palaeoclimate studies: Coral skeletons are analysed as geochemical archives of palaeoclimate data. Processes that affect the coral skeleton (i.e., diagenesis) can disturb geochemical data. Understanding diagenesis over short and long time periods using techniques from sedimentology, microbiology and geochemistry can help retain more accurate palaeoclimate records and dating techniques.
• Coral adaptations to environmental stress: This research aims identify and test stress responses that are preserved in coral skeletons in order to determine if they can be used to establish a record of previous environmental stress events (i.e., thermal and sedimentation) in fossil coral reefs.
• History of late Quaternary corals reefs of Queensland: Understanding the geomorphic and sedimentologic development coral reef ecosystems during sea level change in the Holocene and Quaternary periods on the Great Barrier Reef and Moreton Bay.
• Use of Scleractinian corals and other biogenic carbonates for palaeoclimate studies: Coral skeletons are analysed as geochemical archives of palaeoclimate data. Processes that affect the coral skeleton (i.e., diagenesis) can disturb geochemical data. Understanding diagenesis over short and long time periods using techniques from sedimentology, microbiology and geochemistry can help retain more accurate palaeoclimate records and dating techniques.
• Coral adaptations to environmental stress: This research aims identify and test stress responses that are preserved in coral skeletons in order to determine if they can be used to establish a record of previous environmental stress events (i.e., thermal and sedimentation) in fossil coral reefs.
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