AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
D6 Socio-economic benchmarks - attitudes and perceptions surveys for the Australian Marine Parks

This record relates to outputs from a series of socio-economic surveys conducted nationally to benchmark awareness and perceptions towards the Australian Marine Parks. This includes a general public survey, a boat ramp survey (focussed on boat-based recreational users), a targeted survey (focussed on members of fishing, boating and yacht clubs) and a charter operator survey (focussed on fishing and eco-charter operators). All surveys were conducted across 2019-2020.

Raw data could not be made available. Aggregated survey data is supplied as summary plots in the final report: https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/social-and-economic-benchmarks-australian-marine-parks

Tags: Marine Protected Areas, No-take marine reserves
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine Futures Project - Jurien Bay - biota

The Marine Futures Project was designed to benchmark the current status of key Western Australian marine ecosystems, based on an improved understanding of the relationship between marine habitats, biodiversity and our use of these values. Approximately 1,500 km2 of seafloor were mapped using hydroacoustics (Reson 8101 Multibeam), and expected benthic habitats "ground-truthed" using towed video transects and baited remote underwater video systems. Both sources of information were then combined in a spatial predictive modelling framework to produce fine-scale habitat maps showing the extent of substrate types, biotic formations, etc.

Surveys took place across 9 study areas, including Jurien Bay. The Jurien Bay marine environment is highly diverse, and is home to a wide variety of species, including sea lions and sea birds on the many offshore islands. Limestone reef and seagrass habitats in the area support a diverse fish and invertebrate fauna, and a local crayfishing industry is based around the Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus cygnus).

Tags: Biotic formations
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NERP TE Project 7.3 - Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity, 2011-2014 (JCU)

This project investigates in detail the exposure and sensitivity of Wet Tropics animals to extreme climate and weather events, such as heat waves, fires, flooding rain and cyclones. This information will be used to assess and map the vulnerability of biodiversity to the impacts of current and future extreme events in the Wet Tropics bioregion. The information gathered in the Wet Tropics can potentially be applied to other regions in Australia and elsewhere to predict and mitigate the impacts of extreme climatic events on biodiversity. Outcomes will include: Maps of exposure and the sensitivity of organisms to temperature extremes, identification of thermal hotspots and refugia and a list of biodiversity values particularly at risk from extreme events.

This project is now complete.

Tags: National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Australian Coastal Waterways geomorphic habitat mapping (national aggregated product)

This record describes a single aggregated dataset of the geomorphic habitat environment (facies) for Australia's 7 states and territories: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and representative environments: Barrier/back-barrier, Bedrock, Central Basin, Channel, Coral, Flood- and Ebb-tide Delta, Fluvial (bay-head) Delta, Intertidal Flats, Mangrove, Rocky Reef, Saltmarsh/Saltflat, Tidal Sand Banks (and Unassigned). These types represent habitats found across all coastal systems in Australia.

For the New South Wales region, 134 coastal waterways are described. Most of the estuaries of New South Wales are under intense land use pressure with approximately 80% of the State's population living near an estuary (NSW Dept of Land and Water Conservation)
For the Victorian region, 54 coastal waterways are described. Most of the 54 coastal waterways have a "Modified" environmental condition (as opposed to "Near Pristine"), according to the National Land and Water Resources Audit definition.
For the Tasmanian region, 88 coastal waterways are described. The majority of near pristine estuaries in Tasmania are located in the south and west of the State and on Cape Barren Island, according to the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
For the Queensland region, 213 coastal waterways are described. Southern and central Great Barrier Reef lagoon coasts have a broad spectrum of river, tide and wave- dominated estuaries.
For the Northern Territory region, 63 coastal waterways are described. Estuaries on the northern Arnhem Land, Gulf of Carpentaria coasts are predominantly tide-dominated estuaries, which vary greatly in size and floodplain characteristics.
For the South Australia region, 36 coastal waterways are described. Most of the 36 coastal waterways have a "Modified" environmental condition (as opposed to "Near Pristine"), according to the National Land and Water Resources Audit definition.
For the Western Australia region, 103 coastal waterways are described. Western Australia has a diverse range of Estuaries due to different climates. Ranging from mostly "near pristine" and tide influenced estuaries in the north to "near pristine" wave dominated estuaries in the southwest region.

Tags: Australia, Benthic geomorphic habitat, Benthic habitat, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Petrel Sub-basin Marine Survey (GA-0335 / SOL5463) (NLECI Program) - interpreted geomorphic map

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 Emission Coal Initiative (NLECI). The survey was undertaken as a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and GA. The purpose was to acquire geophysical and biophysical data on shallow (less then 100m water depth) seabed environments within two targeted areas in the Petrel Sub-basin to support investigation for CO2 storage potential in these areas. This dataset comprises an interpreted geomorphic map.

Interpreted local-scale geomorphic maps were produced for each survey area in the Petrel Sub-basin using multibeam bathymetry and backscatter grids at 2 m resolution and bathymetric derivatives (e.g. slope; 1-m contours). Five geomorphic units; bank, plain, ridge, terrace and valley, were identified and mapped using definitions suitable for interpretation at the local scale (nominally 1:10 000). Maps and polygons were manual digitised in ArcGIS using the spatial analyst and 3D analyst toolboxes.

Tags: Benthic geomorphic habitat, Benthic habitat, GIS dataset, Marine Geoscience, geomorphology, marine environmental baselines
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) catch sampling

Southern Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) biological data collected by observers on commercial boats and dedicated research trips incorporating information on sex, length, weight, damage, reproduction, bycatch, protected species interaction, location, depth, tagging and equipment type.

Tags: 28 820001, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Jasus edwardsii, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Invertebrates, Southern rock lobster, TASMANIA
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Abundance and distribution of coastal, inshore zooplankton in the Huon Estuary and D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania

Mesozooplankton community composition and structure were examined throughout the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon Estuary and North West Bay,  Tasmania, from November 2004 to October 2005.

The composition of the mesozooplankton community was typical of inshore, temperate marine habitats, with seasonally higher abundance in summer and autumn and lower numbers in winter and spring. Copepods were the largest contributors to total abundance across all seasons and stations, while cladocerans and appendicularians were proportionally abundant in spring and summer. The faecal pellets of these three main groups, along with those of krill and amphipods, also contributed significantly to material recovered from sediment traps. Meroplanktonic larvae of benthic animals showed short-term peaks in abundance and were often absent from the water column for long periods. Spatially, North West Bay and the Channel had a higher representation of typically marine species, including Calanus australis and Labidocera cervi, while truly estuarine species, such as the copepod Gladioferens pectinatus, were more important in the Huon Estuary.

Tags: Grazing rates, Secondary productivity, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SI 1027 Clarence Strait to Dundas Strait (HIPP) Bathymetry Acquisition (20220008S)

The Clarence Strait to Dundas Strait&nbsp;bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) during the period 4 Jul 2023 – 9 Sep 2023. This was a contracted survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program. The survey area encompasses an area in Clarence Strait to Dundas Strait. Bathymetry data was acquired using Kongsberg  EM2040-07 and Kongsberg EM2040-P, and processed using QIMERA and BeamworX AutoClean processing software. The dataset was then exported as a 30m resolution, 32 bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.

This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.

Tags: AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry, HVC_144641, Multibeam, Oceans, Published_External, bathymetric grids, bathymetry, multibeam
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ACCESS1-3 model output prepared for CMIP5 sstClim (Version 2015)

sstClim 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
climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for
assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.

6.2a sstClim (6.2a Control SST Climatology) - Version 1: AMIP-style experiment with control run climatological SSTs and sea ice.

Experiment design: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf
List of output variables: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.pdf
Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format
Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository

Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf)
as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble
member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc.

Tags: 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences, 0401 - Atmospheric Sciences, 0405 - Oceanography, 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Atmospheric Sciences, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Oceanography, Other Chemical Sciences (Environmental Chemistry), Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Heavy Mineral Map of Australia Project -- Data Release 1: The Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian Region

The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (<a href="http://www.ga.gov.au/ngsa" title="NGSA website">NGSA</a>) is Australia’s only internally consistent, continental-scale <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2011.020" title="NGSA geochemical atlas and dataset">geochemical atlas and dataset</a>. The present dataset contains additional mineralogical data obtained on NGSA samples selected from the Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian (<a href="https://www.ga.gov.au/eftf/projects/darling-curnamona-delamerian" title="DCD website">DCD</a>) region of southeastern Australia for the first partial data release of the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia (HMMA) project. The HMMA, a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia and Curtin University underpinned by a pilot project establishing its feasibility, is part of the Australian Government-funded Exploring for the Future (<a href="https://www.ga.gov.au/eftf" title="EFTF website">EFTF</a>) program.

The selected 223 NGSA sediment samples fall within the DCD polygon plus an approximately one-degree buffer. The samples were taken on average from 60 to 80 cm depth in floodplain landforms, dried and sieved to a 75-430 µm grainsize fraction, and the contained heavy minerals (HMs; i.e., those with a specific gravity &gt;2.9 g/cm3) were separated by dense fluids and mounted on cylindrical epoxy mounts. After polishing and carbon-coating, the mounts were subjected to automated mineralogical analysis on a TESCAN® Integrated Mineral Analyzer (TIMA). Using scanning electron microscopy and backscatter electron imaging integrated with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, the TIMA identified over 140 different HMs in the DCD area. The dataset, consisting of over 29 million individual mineral grains identified, was quality controlled and validated by an expert team. The data released here can be visualised, explored and downloaded using an online, bespoke mineral network analysis tool (<a href="https://geoscienceaustralia.shinyapps.io/mna4hm/" title="MNA website">MNA</a>) built on a cloud-based platform. Accompanying this report are a data file of TIMA results and a mineralogy vocabulary file. 

When completed in 2023, it is hoped the HMMA project will positively impact mineral exploration and prospectivity modelling around Australia, as well as have other applications in earth and environmental sciences.

Tags: Catchment Outlet Sediments, Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian, Data Package, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Environmental Management, Exploration Geochemistry, Exploring for the Future, Heavy Minerals, Isotope Geochemistry, Mineralogical Mapping, NGSA, National Geochemical Survey of Australia, Published_External, Regolith Mineralogy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geophysical work at Macquarie Island, April - December, 1953

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.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, HM, Published_External, Record, geomagnetism, geophysics, infrastructure, seismology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
An examination of thermal areas at Lake Lolour, Bougainville, February- March, 1955, with additional information from an aerial inspection on 29th June, 1955

The monthly vulcanological report for January, 1955, from Kieta contained details of an increase in the size of one of the thermal areas in the vicinity of Lake Loloru.  The writer left Rabaul with assistant Leslie Topue on 23rd February for Kieta, and reached Lake Loloru, accompanied by Cadet Patrol Officer B. O'Farrell, on 28th.  After spending two days in the area, the party returned to Kieat, due to weather and transport issues, the writer and his assistant were not able to return to Rabaul until 15 March. The first report of volcanic activity in this area was given by Father W.P. Fingleton, and an aerial inspection was conducted in May 1951 by G.A. Taylor who stated in a report, dated 17/5/51, to the Government Secretary: These areas showed no evidence of recent extensions or rises of temperature.  There were no indications of recent explosive activity. (reported earlier by Father Fingleton.) Reports of patrols to Lake Loloru, dated 18/5/51 and 27/5/51 by Cadet Patrol Officer B.B. Butcher and Patrol Officer A.K Jackson respectively, had conclusions similar to those in Taylor's report, although Jackson suggested that volcanic activity had increased slightly.  The area was visited during June 1951 by J.G. Best, whose report (6/7/51) concluded: In the light of existing conditions it is considered that this volcano is in a dormant state, also that the possibility of an imminent eruption is remote. However, it must be borne in mind that this area is a potential danger point, and if an eruption should occur it is likely to be of the Pelean type."

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, PG-NSA, Published_External, Record, geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Electrical logging of No. 2 Bore, Associated Australian Oilfields N.L., Roma, Queensland

The features of the single-point resistance log, obtained in A.A.O. No. 2 Bore, Roma, are described. Single-point resistance, self-potential and geological logs of the lower section of the boreholes are shown. The results indicate that electrical logging can be effectively used for correlation problems and that salt water sands in the reservoir rocks can be detected with reasonable certainty.

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geophysics, research
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Notes on Plen's radioactive deposit at Toongi, South of Dubbo, New South Wales.

A brief geological examination of this deposit was made by the writer and D.N. Smith between 18th and 20th June, 1952. The deposit had been previously examined in 1951 by J. Daly of the Geophysical Section, Bureau of Mineral Resources, and by J.C. Lloyd of the N.S.W. Mines Department and the results of their investigation were available for reference. The radioactive area examined during the present investigation was an area of about 1/4 square mile of the volcanic flow in the north-eastern corner of portion 39. Samples of the quartz veinlets and of the volcanic rocks were collected, and tests carried out with the Laboratory Geiger counter in Canberra indicate that both are radioactive and that the radioactivity is slightly greater in the sample from the quartz veinlets.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, rock properties
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Diamond drilling in the Edith River uranium-bearing area, Northern Territory

In January, 1954, the Bureau of Mineral Resources began diamond drilling in the Edith River, N.T., to test the grade and extent of uranium mineralisation in two uranium-bearing deposits. The uranium mineral, mate-autunite, occurs in narrow siliceous reef formations. Surface and drill core samples all returned less than 0.1% U3O8. Radiometric logging of the holes showed no significant increase of radioactivity with depth. Shaft sinking proved the deposits to be small and lenticular.

Tags: AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geology, geophysics, mineral deposits, mineral exploration, radiometrics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Radioactive surveys, Katherine - Darwin area: report on activities July, 1954

Report on the activities of the administrative and technical sections in the Katherine-Darwin area, to July, 1954. A brief account is given of geological and geophysical operations. The results of prospecting and development work are summarised.

Tags: AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geophysics, mineral exploration, prospectivity, radiometrics, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Fossils from near Katherine, Northern Territory

Mr. H. B. Owen forwarded specimens collected by Dr. G. Sleis from "somewhere near the base of the Buldiva Group about 50 or 60 miles north-east from Katherine", Northern Territory for palaeontological examination.

Tags: AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, palaeontology, stratigraphy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
L088 Australian Ice Thickness measurements in Antarctica by seismic and gravity methods, Antarctica, 1958, 1959

Ice thickness measurements carried out by field parties based on Mawson during 1957-59 consisted
of: (:) regional traverses in the form of closed loops extending several hundred kilometres inland from Mawson; (ii) semi-detailed traverses in the vicinity of a line of ice flow stakes about 25 Km from Mawson. The regional traverses showed that, beyond about 175 Km inland, the area surveyed is influenced strongly by the Lambert Glacier - Amery Ice Shelf system situated some 200 Km to the East. Preliminary contour plans of the ice and rock surfaces show fairly close correspondence.  A sub-glacial extension of a range of mountains outcropping through the ice 80 Km to the East of the traverses was found. Work along the semi-detailed traverses close to Mawson detected sub-glacial extensions of the outcropping mountain ranges in the area. These extensions may explain the general direction of the coastline near Maws on.

Tags: AQ, Published_External, Seismic Data, Seismology and Seismic Exploration, geophysics, seismic reflection, seismic refraction, seismic survey, seismic velocity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Collenia Reefs

Collenia is a name for calcareous structures in rocks of Upper Proterozoic (Algonkian) time and of world-wide distribution. It is described as the calcareous secretion of primitive microscopical algae, which themselves are never preserved.  A number of similar forms are described under various names, and for brevity, they are all commonly referred to as "Cryptozoon" or "Stromatoliths", or even as "calcareous algae". [Previous studies, and recurrent opinions and interpretations of the subject are summarised and discussed. Conditions for the extensive development and thickness of the reefs are outlined. Recommendations for further study are given.]

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Underground water at Morstone station north-west Queensland

Morstone Station is situated approximately 50 miles north-east of Camooweal, on the Camooweal 4-mile sheet, North-west Queensland. The owners of the property, Western Grazing Co. Pty. Ltd., have experienced difficulties in obtaining underground water on part of their property for many years, and have asked for this report because the Bureau's 'Camooweal Party' has spent a considerable time during the present field season (1953) completing the mapping of the Camooweal sheet. A number of geologists have contributed to the mapping of the area, notably Dr. F.W. Whitehouse, but the more detailed mapping and investigation are largely the work of Dr. A.A. Opik, Senior Palaeontologist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, who is at present expending the work of previous field seasons. A number of bores were sited for the Company by K.A. Townley, Bureau of Mineral Resources during a short visit in 1951. Three of his proposed sites correspond reasonably closely to our sites A, B and C. Recent investigations, in which the writers have shared, throw some new light on problems of underground water supply on Morstone property, but as the work is still in progress the present report deals only with the specific problems on which the Company's representatives have requested urgent advice.

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, groundwater, hydrogeology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data