Coral "archeology"
Ursula Keuper-Bennett
howzit at turtles.org
Sun Oct 10 13:09:05 EDT 1999
Dear Coral Researchers,
In a terrestrial environment it's possible to dig down through various soil
layers and detect disturbances, either natural or human-made. A good example
would be finding a midden in an Indian archeological site.
What I'm wondering is this. Let's say a ship ran aground and took out half a
section of reef --just pummelled and crushed the corals to smithereens. And
then nothing else happened to this site. New corals grew and prospered.
Could a coral researcher three hundred years from now digging down through that
reef, peeling back the coral years, would he be able to detect evidence of that
earlier ship grounding/destruction?
My gut feelings is yes, he should be able to. I'm just not sure.
Thanks
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