Geophysical work at Macquarie Island, April - December, 1953

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

This report covers the work done by the author who was geophysicist with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition at Macquarie Island from April to December, 1953. It is a sequel to Records 1953/30 and 1954/32 and deals with observatory routine and maintenance and other general duties required of the geophysicist. The report contains the results of absolute magnetic observations and initial earthquake phases. Detailed tables of scientific results will be published separately in reports at present in preparation.

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Title Geophysical work at Macquarie Island, April - December, 1953
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/695fec90-d85a-4f28-b2fc-168883896a42
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Geophysical work at Macquarie Island, April - December, 1953". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/geophysical-work-at-macquarie-island-april-december-1953