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Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin: Environmental Summary

Created 11/01/2026

Updated 11/01/2026

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This report is one of a series of environmental summaries of frontier basins, which are scheduled for acreage release during the timeframe of the 'Energy Security Initiative' (2007-2011). The aim of these reports is to synthesise the available environmental information to adequately equip the exploration industry to anticipate as many as possible of the environment-related issues that may impact on exploration and potential future production activities.

The environmental information for the Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin has been compiled and presented in a manner consistent with the Geographic Information System (GIS) provided with this report. The GIS includes the results of an analysis to obtain representative seascapes. Seascapes are the principal environmental output and in recent years assisted Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts with the design and implementation of a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas for Australia (Section 1.1). The following section summarises the geological history of the Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin and provides a tectonic and depositional context for the geophysical data and geomorphology of the sub-basin, which are discussed in Sections 3 and 4, respectively. The surface sediment properties are described in Section 5. These sections provide all of the information necessary to characterise benthic habitats. Section 6 discusses the oceanographic processes operating in the sub-basin, which influence both the benthic and pelagic ecology described in Section 7. Section 8 synthesises the information contained in the first seven sections into a seascape map of the Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin.

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Title Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin: Environmental Summary
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/12c8cee1-951f-4210-ac5b-7f91a8db2ce3
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 12/10/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
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      [
        112.0,
        -36.0
      ],
      [
        116.0,
        -36.0
      ],
      [
        116.0,
        -30.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -30.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -36.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Vlaming Sub-basin and Mentelle Basin: Environmental Summary". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/vlaming-sub-basin-and-mentelle-basin-environmental-summary2