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Marine Samples Collection

Created 20/01/2026

Updated 20/01/2026

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The collection consists of seabed samples collected by Geoscience Australia and other organizations since the 1950s. Samples consist of various shallow cores types, rocks derived from dredging, and sea bed sediments collected by grab and dredge methods. A large proportion of samples are refrigerated.

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Field Value
Title Marine Samples Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/f8a2df68-0ff7-456a-814e-82a5b53c74ca
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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      [
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      ],
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Marine Samples Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/marine-samples-collection2