Developing a geomorphological framework to underpin management decision-making on the Great Barrier Reef. The paucity of data on coral reef growth histories inhibits attempts to integrate regional reef growth data into coral reef management - despite the major influence on habitat type and diversity. This project will gather such data for one region of the Great Barrier Reef, and develop such datasets to support future reef management decision-making.
Dynamics of carbonate sands and morphodynamics of coral reef environments. Coral reefs are mainly composed of mobile sedimentary deposits that influence the living regions of the coral reefs. Using sites on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the project will learn how, why and how fast sand advances, and will predict how these processes will change in response to predicted rises in sea levels.