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Project Overview

This project aims to systematically sample fossil and living corals from the Ramree and Cheduba islands, western Myanmar. Recently discovered Porities corals on uplifted terraces from the islands suggest that they mainly grew during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age.

We plan to reconstruct high-­resolution proxy records of regional sea surface temperature and precipitation change through the two time intervals. This study will contribute to our understanding of the spatial and temporal viability of the Indian Summer Monsoon, therefore will help assess future monsoon impacts on the agrarian societies in the region.

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The Team

WANG Xianfeng

WANG Xianfeng

Principal Investigator

Nathalie GOODKIN

Nathalie GOODKIN

Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Co-Investigators: J. Bruce H. Shyu (National Taiwan University), Phyo Maung Maung (Department of Meteorology and Hydrology of Myanmar), Soe Thura Tun (Myanmar Engineering Society)

Collaborators: Yue Gau-Chen (National Taiwan University), Chuan-Chou Shen (National Taiwan University)

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