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A note on submarine phosphorite deposits
Submarine phosphorite deposits, believed to be relatively common on the ocean floor, have been most thoroughly investigated off the coasts of California and Mexico. The... -
Marine geology of the Huon Gulf region, New Guinea
The Solomon Sea is a semi-enclosed oceanic basin bordered by technically active land masses: its morphology is dominated by an arcuate trough, the New Britain Trench, which... -
New Insights into the Post-rift Depositional History of the Mentelle Basin...
New 2D seismic data acquired in the Mentelle Basin by Geoscience Australia in 2008-09 has been used for a seismic facies study of the post-rift succession. The Mentelle Basin is... -
Petrel Sub-basin Marine Survey (GA-0335 / SOL5463) (NLECI Program) -...
The Petrel Sub-basin Marine Environmental Survey GA-0335, (SOL5463) was undertaken by the RV Solander during May 2012 as part of the Commonwealth Government's National Low... -
Variation of crustal mass over the Australian region
Seismic refraction surveys in Australia and nearby marine areas provide data on crustal velocities and layer thicknesses. The averages of these at various places have been used... -
Sedimentology and holocene history of a tropical estuary (Broad Sound, Queensland)
Broad Sound is situated at the confluence of four large estuaries. Freshwater inflow is restricted to the summer months. The Sound and its attendant estuaries are characterized... -
IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from AIMS Vessel RV Solander Trip...
'Ships of Opportunity' (SOOP) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the SOOP sub-facility 'Sensors... -
Preliminary Post-cruise Report : BMR Survey 91 : RV Rig Seismic...
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Origins of groundwater salinity near Tresco, northwest Victoria
Core samples and groundwater from bores at Tresco, northern Victoria, in the southern margin of the Murray Basin, have been analysed for palynology and chemistry. An aquifer... -
CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 rcp85
rcp85 is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ( http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/ ). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated... -
Fossil shell stories (primary)
Fossil shells can tell us about past environments. This video presents examples of shell fossils that help us to understand where oceans were located in Australia millions of... -
Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula
The NR14, Coastal Environment Geoscience Survey project utilises a wide variety of information and techniques to compile the basic coastal geoscientific information necessary... -
Seabed gravel, mud and sand content in the Browse region in the Australian...
This dataset provides the spatially continuous data of seabed gravel (sediment fraction >2000 µm), mud (sediment fraction < 63 µm) and sand content (sediment fraction... -
Late Neogene Ice Drainage Changes in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and the...
During the late Neogene, the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf drainage system flowed across Prydz Bay and showed several changes in flow pattern. In the Early Pliocene, the... -
Preliminary Evaluation of the Petroleum Potential of Australia's Central...
Australia's east coast north of Bass Strait has been very sparsely explored for petroleum. Exploration permits have been intermittently held over the offshore Sydney Basin,... -
Geomorphology and sedimentology of the continental shelf adjacent to Mac...
During the Quaternary, the Mac. Robertson shelf of East Antarctica was deeply eroded by glaciers and currents exposing the underlying basement, resulting in a scalped shelf. -
Marine geophysical survey of the continental margins of Australia, Gulf of...
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Sedimentary cycles in the Surat Basin and global changes of sea level
Six sedimentary cycles, each hundreds of metres thick, have been recognised in the Surat Basin. The Jurassic cycles (nos. 1-4) typically started with high-energy deposition of... -
New Palaeogeographic Maps of the northern margins of the Australian plate -...
A variety of alternative reconstructions are considered for the northern margins of the Australian plate. The simplest solution involves Hall's (2002) configuration for the... -
Carbon Geochemistry of Cold Seeps: Methane Fluxes and Transformation in...
Despite growing concerns about potential enhancement of global warming and slope failure by methane produced by gas hydrate dissociation, much uncertainty surrounds estimates of...