AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
AGSO Cruise 125 Report : Tasmante Swath-mapping and Reflection Seismic Cruise off Tasmania using R.V. L'Atalante

The Tasmante cruise (AGSO Cruise 125) started in Auckland on 12 February 1994, and ended in Adelaide on 29 March 1994 (Fig. 1). The cruise used the French research vessel l'Atalante on an exchange basis. The French vessel was used rather than Rig Seismic because of the wide-angleswath-mapping capability of its SIMRAD EM12D system. Data were recorded on transits, as well as off Tasmania, our main area of interest (Figs. 1 &amp; 2). The swath-mapping system functioned well throughout. The maps produced are mostly at 1:250 000 scale, and cover the transit from New Zealand (T1-77), the detailed survey off Tasmania (C1-C7), and the transit to Adelaide (T8-T9). The suite of maps generally includes ship tracks, sonar imagery, detailed and less detailed contour maps (25 and 50 m contours), and an overlay of sonar imagery on the less detailed contours. In addition, 1:1 000 000 scale maps of the entire Tasmanian survey area were produced of bathymetry (50 m contours) and imagery. Finally, 1:100 000 scale maps were provided of two fisheries areas off Tasmania: 20 m contours and imagery in thesouth, and 20 m contours in the west.

Tags: AU-TAS, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, marine, marine survey, seismics
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
eReefs GBR4 Biogeochemistry and Sediments v4.2 baseline catchment scenario

Results from version 4.2 of the 4km-resolution biogeochemistry and sediments model of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR4), forced by version 4.0 of the 4km-resolution hydrodynamic model and by a baseline catchment scenario which is derived from P2R SOURCE Catchments with 2022 catchment condition from December 1 2010 to October 30 2022.

This model configuration and associated results dataset may be referred to as "gbr4_H4p0_ABARRAr2_OBRAN2020_FG2Gv3_B4p2_Cq5b_Dhnd" according to the eReefs biogeochemical simulation naming protocol.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Geomorphic Features 2006

The data set provides outlines for the maximum extent of geomorphic units for Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone, including the offshore island territories, but not the Australian Antarctic Territory. These data were compiled as part of Geoscience Australia's integrated digital information system to provide improved accessibility and knowledge relating to the environmental management of Australia's oceans resources. The geomorphic units are to be used as surrogates for benthic habitats and can be best applied to the construction of bioregionalisations of the seabed. The data set also includes the name of units in the attribute table, where known, the source(s) of the names, feature codes and province codes as well as the area and perimeter of each unit. The data are accompanied by Geoscience Australia Record 2003/30.  Updated October 2006.

Tags: AU-EEZ, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, National, National dataset, Published_External, geomorphology, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mesozoic outcrops on the lower continental slope off Exmouth, Western Australia

Seismic reflection profiles over the southwestern margin of the Exmouth Plateau, which have been tentatively tied to the Northwest Shelf stratigraphic sequence, indicate that rocks of probable Permian to Early Tertiary age form bedrock on the lower continental slope and probably crop out in places. Water depths range from 1400 to 4000 m. It is surmised that the rocks present include pre-Late Jurassic fluvial, deltaic and shallow marine sandstone, siltstone and shale; Late Jurassic to Neocomian deltaic sandstone, siltstone and shale; mid Cretaceous shallow marine shale; Late Cretaceous shelf limestone and Cainozoic foraminiferal ooze. The Exmouth Plateau is cut by normal faults which are predominantly downthrown oceanwards and trend north-northeasterly across most of the area, except near the southwestern margin where they trend northwesterly. Faulting occurred primarily in the Middle to Late Jurassic and led to formation of the north-western and northern margins by seafloor spreading. A major anticline, which parallels the southwestern margin, has one limb truncated by the lower continental slope, probably resulting in older rocks cropping out in places. Deep Sea Drilling Project results on the Cuvier Abyssal Plain indicate that the southwestern margin formed in the Late Cretaceous, either as a transcurrent fault associated with seafloor spreading or by collapse along normal faults. Sampling of outcrops along the southwestern margin would enable the sequence to be dated more reliably and this would permit the theories of geological evolution and favourable petroleum potential of the Exmouth Plateau to be tested.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, WA, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
National Gravity Compilation 2019 includes airborne CSCBA 1VD image

Gravity data measure small changes in gravity due to changes in the density of rocks beneath the Earth's surface. The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. 
This National Gravity Compilation 2019 includes airborne CSCBA 1VD image is a first vertical derivative of the complete spherical cap Bouguer anomaly grid for the 2019 Australian National Gravity Grids. These gravity data were acquired under the project No. 202008. The national grid has a cell size of 0.00417 degrees (approximately 435m). This gravity anomaly grid is derived from ground observations stored in the Australian National Gravity Database (ANGD) as at September 2019, supplemented with offshore data sourced from v28.1 of the Global Gravity grid developed using data from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. Airborne gravity and gravity gradiometry data were also included to provide better resolution to areas where ground gravity data was not of a suitable quality. Out of the approximately 1.8 million gravity observations, nearly 1.4 million gravity stations in the ANGD together with Airborne Gravity surveys totaling 345,000 line km and 106,000 line km of Airborne Gravity Gradiometry were used to generate this grid. The grid shows complete Bouguer anomalies over Australia and its continental margins. The ground gravity data used in this grid has been acquired by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, the mining and exploration industry, universities and research organisations from the 1940's to the present day. Station spacing varies from approximately 11 km down to less than 1 km, with major parts of the continent having station spacing between 2.5 and 7 km. Airborne surveys have a line spacing ranging from 0.5 km to 2.5 km. Terrain corrections to gravity were calculated using both offshore bathymetry and onshore topography data. A first vertical derivative was calculated by applying a fast Fourier transform (FFT) process to the complete spherical cap Bouguer anomaly grid of the 2019 Australian National Gravity Grids to produce the grid shown on this image.

Tags: 1vd, Australia, B series, Bouguer, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, None, Published_External, airborne, complete, digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, gradiometry, grav, gravity, grid, ground, image, marine, raster, satellite, spherical cap, survey 202008
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Predicted seabed gravel, mud and sand content in the Vlaming sub-basin in the Australian continental EEZ 2013

This dataset provides the spatially continuous data of seabed gravel (sediment fraction &gt;2000 Âµm), mud  (sediment fraction &lt; 63 Âµm) and sand content (sediment fraction 63-2000 Âµm) expressed as a weight percentage ranging from 0 to 100%, presented in 0.0025 decimal degree (dd) resolution raster grids format and ascii text file. 

The dataset covers the Vlaming sub-basin in the Australian continental EEZ.

This dataset supersedes previous predictions of sediment gravel, mud and sand content for the basin with demonstrated improvements in accuracy. Accuracy of predictions varies based on density of underlying data and level of seabed complexity. Artefacts occur in this dataset as a result of insufficient samples in relevant regions. This dataset is intended for use at the basin scale. The dataset may not be appropriate for use at smaller scales in areas where sample density is insufficient to detect local variation in sediment properties. To obtain the most accurate interpretation of sediment distribution in these areas, it is recommended that additional samples be collected and interpolations updated.

Tags: AU-EEZ, Data Package, Earth Sciences, Published_External, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea

Map showing Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea.
One of the 27 constituent maps of the "Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series" (GeoCat 71789).
Depicting Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, treaties and various maritime zones.  Background bathymetric image is derived from a combination of the 2009 9 arc second bathymetric and topographic grid by GA and a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997. Background land imagery derived from Blue Marble, NASA's Earth Observatory.
A0 sized .pdf downloadable from the web.

Tags: Administrative Boundary, Earth Sciences, Published_External, Thematic Map, administrative boundaries, bathymetry, marine, marine jurisdiction
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mesozoic Bivalvia from Clerke and Mermaid Canyons, northwest Australian continental slope

Four sets of rock samples from two sites off the northwest Australian shelf in 3625-4480 m of water contain macrofaunas, mainly bivalves, of warm shallow-water origin. Mermaid Canyon (16o 19S, 118o 23E) provided many samples of oolitic calcarenite containing Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) dugong n.sp., indicating an Early Jurassic age and Tethyan relationship. Three hand-specimens from the ridge forming the western edge of Clerke Canyon (16o 29S , 118o 30E) yielded a Norian coral-?Lima-oyster assemblage and the Norian-Rhaetian bivalve Palaeocurdita aff. globiformis (Boetlger). The latter shows relationship with south-east Asian (Indonesia-Vietnam- south China) forms.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Arafura Basin hydrogeological inventory

This Arafura Basin dataset contains descriptive attribute information for the areas bounded by the relevant spatial groundwater feature in the associated Hydrogeology Index map. Descriptive topics are grouped into the following themes: Location and administration; Demographics; Physical geography; Surface water; Geology; Hydrogeology; Groundwater; Groundwater management and use; Environment; Land use and industry types; and Scientific stimulus.

The Arafura Basin is a large intracratonic sedimentary basin along the northern continental margin of Australia. Over 90% of the basin occurs offshore in relatively shallow marine waters of the Arafura Sea, with the basin extending northwards beyond Australia's territorial claim. The southern part of the basin is onshore in northern Arnhem Land. Older Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic rocks of the northern Macarthur Basin underlie most of the onshore basin, whereas Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments of the Money Shoal Basin unconformably overlie the offshore basin.

The sedimentary record of the Arafura Basin spans greater than 250 million years, from the late Neoproterozoic to the early Permian. However, subsidence was episodic and restricted to four main phases of regional subsidence interspersed with relatively long periods of tectonic quiescence. Consequently, the entire sedimentary succession of the basin is relatively structurally conformable. The oldest rocks are the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Wessel Group. These are overlain by the Middle Cambrian to early Ordovician Goulburn Group, followed by the Late Devonian Arafura Group. The uppermost sequence is Late Carboniferous to early Permian (an equivalent of the Kulshill Group from the neighbouring Bonaparte Basin).

The sedimentary rocks of the Arafura Basin are clastic-dominated and include sandstone, shale, limestone, dolostone and minor coal and glacial deposits. Most of the Arafura Basin formed within shallow marine environments, with evidence for fluvial conditions largely restricted to the Carboniferous to Permian rocks.

There are no detailed basin-scale studies on the hydrogeology and groundwater systems of the Arafura Basin. Previous hydrogeological investigations by the Northern Territory Government during the 1980s and 1990s focused on groundwater supplies for remote communities such as Maningrida, Galiwinku and Millingimbi. Groundwater for these communities is sourced from fractured rock sandstone aquifers, most likely units of the Arafura Basin such as the Marchinbar Sandstone and Elcho Island Formation of the Wessel Group. The aquifers are fractured and extensively weathered up to 100 metres below surface.

Tags: Basin Analysis, EARTH SCIENCES, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Environmental Management, Exploring for the Future, GEOLOGY, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Land Use and Environmental Planning, National Groundwater Sytems, National Hydrogeological Inventory, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE, Published_External, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mapping the spatial and temporal variability of the upwelling systems of Australian south-eastern coast using 14-year MODIS data

Coast upwelling is important for marine ecosystems and economic, because of its elevated primary and secondary productivity and large fish catch. This study developed a scale-independent and semi-automatic image processing technique to map the upwelling areas along the 4500 km long south-eastern coast of Australia from 14-year monthly MODIS SST data. The results show that there is significant spatial variability in the mapped upwelling areas, month to month, season to season and year to year. There is also strong temporal (month to month, seasonal and inter-annual) variability of the upwelling characteristics in area of influence, SST anomaly, chlorophyll-a concentrations and upwelling speed. This study identifies two persistent upwelling systems, the NSW system along the coast of the New South Wales and the WVIC/SA system along the coast of western Victoria and adjacent South Australia. The NSW coastal upwelling system occurs more or less continuously from austral spring to autumn. The WVIC/SA coastal upwelling system is a seasonal upwelling system occurred in the austral summer. The NSW coastal upwelling system has a stronger upwelling intensity than the WVIC/SA system, in terms of area of influence, SST anomaly, chlorophyll-a concentrations and upwelling speed. We believe that the NSW coastal upwelling system, especially the northern and central parts, is mainly driven by the EAC and its eddies; while, the WVIC/SA coastal upwelling is a typical wind-driven system. In addition, the results indicate that the ENSO events are likely to have a moderate impact on both the NSW and the WVIC/SA coastal upwelling systems. The El Nino (La Nina) events tend to strength (weaken) upwelling intensity.

Citation: Zhi Huang, Xiao Hua Wang, Mapping the spatial and temporal variability of the upwelling systems of the Australian south-eastern coast using 14-year of MODIS data, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 227, 2019, Pages 90-109, ISSN 0034-4257,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.002

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, ENSO, East Australian current, El Nino, La Nina, MODIS SST, Published_External, South-eastern Australia, upwelling, wind
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Phanerozoic magnetostratigraphy : a contribution to the timescales project

A critique of magnetostratigraphic coverage for the Phanerozoic is presented. Cambrian to EarlyCarboniferous constraints are sparse in the absence of dedicated magnetostratigraphic studies. The LateCarboniferous and Late Permian boundaries of the Permo-Carboniferous Reverse Superchron (PCRS)are better constrained from magnetostratigraphic studies, but limited detail is available on possiblenormal polarity subchrons in the PCRS. Triassic to Recent constraints are well-established fromdedicated magnetostratigraphic studies with adequate biostratigraphic control, and for the MiddleJurassic to Recent from calibration against marine magnetic anomalies.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, palaeomagnetism, stratigraphy
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ALF Compatible Laboratory UV Fluorescence Spectra of 120 Offshore Western Australia Oils Vol 1,2a,2b and CDROM

As part of AGSO's commitment to advancing exploration technology, the Petroleum and Marine Division has been conducting studies into the use of fluorescence signatures as a means of detecting, mapping and typing hydrocarbon seeps to their sources.  AGSO's aim is to provide data that will allow sea surface hydrocarbon anomoloies, detected during Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) surveys, to be correlated with oils and ultimately characterise the anomolies directly to their source.

This report concludes the first stage of AGSO's 'remote sensing' multi-client study and comprises ultra-violet fluorescence (UVF) emission spectra of 120 open file western Australian oils.  Aliquots of oil samples diluted with n-hexane were analysed by UVF to evaluate the type and quantity of aromatic hydrocarbons present in the samples.  The laboratory UVF data were collected by scanning the 280-500 nm emission response of oils using an excitation wavelength of 266 nm as employed by the ALF system currently being operated by World Geoscience Corp. Ltd.

The purpose of this report is to enable industry to make a comparison of UVF spectra of known oils with ALF surveys carried out off western Australia.  The oils included in this report represent all known offshore western Australian petroleum systems (Table 1) as defined by Bradshaw (1993) and Bradshaw et al.  (1994, 1997) and are compatible with those oils analysed in The Oils of Western Australia study (AGSO and GeoMark Research, 1996).

This report is designed as a stand alone product, with supplementary geological and geochemical information being incorporated from The Oils of Western Australia study (ibid) and published papers.

Tags: AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Other Publication, Published_External, hydrocarbons, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Popes Eye Bathymetry 2018 (4893/20180002S)

The Popes Eye bathymetry survey was acquired by Deakin University Marine Mapping lab onboard the Motor Vessel Yolla over two days in 2018 (20/01/2018-21/01/2018) using a Kongsberg EM2040c. This survey was collected as part of Parks Victoria project to map all the marine parks within Victorian state waters.

Not to be used for navigational purposes

Tags: AusSeabed, Australia-wide geoscience data, Bass Strait (Great Australian Bight), Bathymetry, EARTH SCIENCES, Great Australian Bight, MV Yolla, Marine, Offshore Mapping, Published_External, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, multi-beam echosounders
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Western Australia onshore plus marine magnetic grid geodetic

Total magnetic intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field caused by the contrasting content of rock-forming minerals in the Earth crust. Magnetic anomalies can be either positive (field stronger than normal) or negative (field weaker) depending on the susceptibility of the rock. The data are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
This Western Australia onshore plus marine magnetic grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.0025 degrees (approximately 266m). The units are in nanoTesla (or nT). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2005 by the WA Government, and consisted of None line-kilometres of data at Nonem line spacing and Nonem terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, TMI, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, mag, magnetics, magnetism, palaeomagnetism, raster, survey 1087, total magnetic intensity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Drowned dolines - the blue holes of the Pompey Reefs, Great Barrier Reef

Blue holes occur at Cockatoo and Molar Reefs, in the Pompey hard line reefs. These two holes are roughly circular in shape, between 240-295 m in diameter, and 30-40 m deep. They are completely (Cockatoo) or partially (Molar) rimmed by profuse living coral and surrounded by lagoonal depths of 5-10 m. The inner slopes of the Cockatoo blue hole are 60-70Â° down to a depth of 25 m, below which coalescing sediment fans markedly reduce this angle. At the Molar blue hole, slopes are mainly gentler (45Â°) and sediment fans and terraces occur below 16 m. Distinct biological/sedimentary associations occur in both holes. Seismic refraction studies across the rim of the blue holes show a shallow (8.5-11 m) pre-Holocene surface beneath the rims. The balance of evidence suggests that the blue holes represent collapsed dolines which may have taken more than one low sea-level period to form. The original surface structures have been modified by subaerial solution processes, and subsequent sediment infill and coral growth following the Holocene transgression.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, QLD, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SI 1030 Bass Pyramid to Wright Block (HIPP) Bathymetry Acquisition (20230020S)

The Bass Pyramid to Wright Block&nbsp;bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) during the period 16 Oct 2023 – 10 Jan 2024. 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 Bass Pyramid to Wright Block. Bathymetry data was acquired using a Kongsberg EM2040-07, and processed using CARIS HIPS and SIPS 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, Australia-wide geoscience data, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry, HVC_144641, Multibeam, Oceans, Offshore Mapping, Published_External, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, bathymetric grids, bathymetry, multibeam
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network