Sediment distribution patterns in a back-reef lagoon, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia

Updated: 2017-11-21

To examine variation in sediment composition in the back-reef lagoon of Ningaloo Reef, and deduce factors controlling the distribution patterns. This will be done by: determination of the biogenic composition of sediment from different areas of the lagoon; determination of the chemical composition and mineralogy of the biogenic sediment, including use of trace elements as environmental indicators; charting of spatial distribution patterns of the biological, mineralogical and chemical data; testing models for environmental habitat mapping.