Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2093-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2093-2018
Model description paper
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08 Jun 2018
Model description paper |  | 08 Jun 2018

Exploring coral reef responses to millennial-scale climatic forcings: insights from the 1-D numerical tool pyReef-Core v1.0

Tristan Salles, Jodie Pall, Jody M. Webster, and Belinda Dechnik

Model code and software

pyReef-Core v1.0 code T. Salles https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1080115

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Short summary
We present a 1-D model of coral reefs' evolution over centennial to millennial timescales. The model enables us to estimate the effects of environmental conditions (such as oceanic variability, sedimentation rate, sea-level fluctuations or tectonics) and ecological coral competition on reef vertical accretion and stratigraphic succession. The tool can quantitatively test carbonate platform development and efficiently interpret vertical growth under various forcing scenarios.