Intermediate Water Corals as High-Resolution Climatic Archives from the California Margin

该项目将尝试校准加州近海250-2200米水深的竹珊瑚，目的是在十年至百年的时间尺度上开发中间水性质变化的代理。这项工作将测试几个关于珊瑚地球化学控制的假设，这些假设将导致代理开发，以破译中等水深的环境变化。开发一种新的高分辨率古环境研究的潜在代理，支持研究生和本科生暑期实习，以及发展博物馆展览被认为是重要的更广泛的影响。

The PI will attempt to calibrate bamboo corals from 250-2200 m water depth offshore California with the objective of developing a proxy for changes in the intermediate water properties on decadal to centennial time scales. The work will test several hypotheses about controls on coral geochemistry that will lead to proxy development for deciphering environmental changes in intermediate water depth. The development of a new potential proxy for high resolution paleoenvironmental studies, support of a graduate and undergraduate summer intern, and development of museum exhibits are considered important broader impacts.