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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... -
Heavy mineral deposits of the North Coast beaches
The principal heavy mineral deposits occur along the stretch of beaches from Ballina to Tweed Heads, in northern New South Wales, though lesser, but still commercial,... -
The Creation of High Resolution Bathymetry Grids for Cocos (Keeling) Island
Cocos (Keeling) Island is located approximately 3,685km almost due west of Darwin. It is a mid-ocean atoll with a coral reef, and a very shallow (1 - 20 m) shelf surrounds the... -
Potential impacts of marine seismic surveys on fish & invertebrates
The extent to which low-frequency sound from marine seismic surveys impacts marine fauna is a subject of growing concern. The predominant frequency range of seismic airgun... -
Linking patterns and processes on a tropical sediment-starved shelf:...
Geoscience Australia undertook seabed mapping surveys in the eastern Bonaparte Gulf in 2009/2010 to deliver integrated information relevant to marine biodiversity conservation... -
SUPERSEDED: eReefs GBR4 hydrodynamics v1.85
SUPERSEDED: This dataset has been superseded by GBR4_H2p0 (2010-09 to present) and it was removed from the NCI fx3 project and THREDDS server in April 2024. An archive copy has... -
Water use across a catchment and effects on estuarine health and...
The most recent field study of the Little Swanport estuary, Tasmania carried out by Crawford et al. (2006) collected monthly samples at sites throughout the estuary between... -
The Lord Howe Rise: newly-acquired multi-channel and wide-angle seismic data...
The Lord Howe Rise (LHR) is located to the east of Australia in water depths up to 3,000 m. The LHR is a 600 km wide and 1,600 km long continental ribbon that detached from... -
More power to the Marine Division: RV Rig Seismic's seismic source upgraded
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Seabed Geomorphology Vocabularies
The International Seabed Geomorphology Mapping Working Group (ISGM-WG) developed a two-part seabed geomorphology classification scheme to facilitate standardised global seabed... -
Geoscience Australia Survey 267, Post Survey Report: Testing Natural...
Geoscience Australia Marine Survey 267 was undertaken aboard the Parmelia K, a 28 m pearling boat out of Broome. The survey departed Darwin on 3 March 2004 and terminated in... -
Marine Seismic Surveys and the Environment: An updated critical review of...
Marine seismic surveys are a fundamental tool for geological mapping, including the exploration for offshore oil and gas resources, but the sound generated during these surveys... -
Seafloor Mapping of the South-east Marine Region and Adjacent Waters....
In early 2000 the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) completed two major seabed swath-mapping and geophysical surveys of the Australian South-east Marine Region.... -
Innovative Visualisation for Australia's Marine Zone
Geoscience Australia collects and manages large amounts of data for Australia's marine zone, including bathymetry data and the legal boundaries of petroleum acreage release... -
Basins of the Great Australian Bight : Geology and Petroleum Potential
In 1986, the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) set out to rekindle exploration interest in the Great Australian Bight and to answer some of the perceived geological problems of... -
Geoscience Australia's Southwest Margin Geophysical Surveys
The Australian Government's five year (2006-2011) Offshore Energy Security Program aims to encourage the discovery of new hydrocarbon resources in Australia's vast offshore... -
Predicting Seabed Sand Content across the Australian Margin Using Machine...
In this study, we aim to identify the most appropriate methods for spatial interpolation of seabed sand content for the AEEZ using samples extracted on August 2010 from... -
SUPERSEDED: eReefs GBR4 Biogeochemical model data - Version 2.0...
SUPERSEDED: This dataset has been superseded by GBR4_H2p0_B3p0_Cpre_Dcrt (2010-12 to 2018-01), and then by GBR4_H2p0_B3p1_Cq3p_Dhnd (2010-12 to 2019-04), and it was removed from... -
Seabed morphology and geomorphology of Cairns Seamount within the Coral Sea...
This OGC Web Map Service (WMS) contains geospatial seabed morphology and geomorphology information for Cairns Seamount within the Coral Sea Marine Park and are intended for use... -
Laura Basin hydrogeological inventory
This Laura Basin dataset contains descriptive attribute information for the areas bounded by the relevant spatial groundwater feature in the associated Hydrogeology Index map....