High-resolution ITRAX XRF core scanning facility for global change research

这一设施将使研究人员能够在研究环境变化和气候多变性时获得高分辨率的地球化学剖面图。它将提供有关沉积物和土壤核心、岩石核心、木材样本、洞穴沉积物和珊瑚沿着密度和化学元素组成变化的档案数据。这些档案包含重要的信息，如人类活动、气候变化、水质变化、污染历史、最近的地貌变化、土地使用变化、引进入侵物种和森林火灾的发生。更好地了解这些重大环境问题的发生和时间具有国家和区域重要性。

This facility will enable researchers to obtain high-resolution geochemical profiles in the study of environmental change and climate variability. It will provide archive data on the variation of density and chemical element composition along sediment and soil cores, rock cores, wood samples, speleothems and corals. These archives contain important information such as human activity, climate variability, water quality changes, pollution histories, recent geomorphological change, land-use change, introduction of invasive species and the occurrence of bushfires. A better understanding of the occurrence and timing of these major environmental issues is of national and regional importance.