Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea) Biodiversity Survey (GA0339/SOL5650) - Interpreted Geomorphic Map

The Oceanic Shoals survey (SOL5650, GA survey 339) was conducted on the R.V. Solander in collaboration with Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), University of Western Australia and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory between 12 September - 5 October, 2012. This dataset comprises an interpreted geomorphic map.


Interpreted local-scale geomorphic maps were produced for each survey area in the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) using multibeam bathymetry and backscatter grids at 2 m resolution and bathymetric derivatives (e.g. slope; 1-m contours). Six geomorphic units; bank, depression, mound, plain, scarp and terrace 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.


For further information on the geomorphic mapping methods please refer to Appendix N of the post-survey report, published as Geoscience Australia Record 2013/38: Nichol, S.L., Howard, F.J.F., Kool, J., Stowar, M., Bouchet, P., Radke, L., Siwabessy, J., Przeslawski, R., Picard, K., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Colquhoun, J., Letessier, T. & Heyward, A. 2013. Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea) Biodiversity Survey: GA0339/SOL5650 Post Survey Report. Record 2013/38. Geoscience Australia: Canberra. (GEOCAT #76658).

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2017-07-13

Author

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) - Howard, F.J.F.

Author

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) - Nichol, S. ()

Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
GPO Box 378
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Status
Completed

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
GPO Box 378
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2012-09-12 2012-10-05
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title
ESRI Shapefile
Date
Edition
-
Keywords (Theme)
  • marine environmental baselines
  • geomorphology
  • GIS dataset, regional
  • Marine Geoscience
  • NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub
  • marine biodiversity
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
AODN Platform Vocabulary
Keywords (Theme)
  • Benthic geomorphic habitat
  • Benthic habitat
AODN Instrument Vocabulary

Resource specific usage

Specific usage
Data supplied for use by the Seamap Australia Project.

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Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
Cite data as: Howard FJF, Nichol S (2015). Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea) interpreted geomorphic map. Geoscience Australia. Data accessed at http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=23c589ee-e3d9-c448-e053-10a3070abc3f on (access date).
Other constraints
This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Geoscience Australia (GA), Australian Government for the purposes of Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement
Name
Benthic geomorphic habitat

Description
Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project.
Name
Benthic habitat

Name
SM_HAB_CLS

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile

OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Oceanic Shoals interpreted geomorphology) in Shapefile format.

OnLine resource
seamap:SeamapAus_NT_OceanicShoals_geomorphic_2012

MAP - Oceanic Shoals interpreted geomorphology

OnLine resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - Post-survey report

OnLine resource
Original metadata record [GA Catalogue]

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
WGS84 / EPSG:4326

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
research vessel

Instrument

Identifier

Code
multi-beam echosounders

Metadata

Metadata identifier
23c589ee-e3d9-c448-e053-10a3070abc3f

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager
Parent metadata

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/23c589ee-e3d9-c448-e053-10a3070abc3f

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-09-23T12:35:03
Date info (Revision)
2020-09-23T12:35:03

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Benthic geomorphic habitat Benthic habitat GIS dataset, regional Marine Geoscience NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub geomorphology marine biodiversity marine environmental baselines
AODN Platform Vocabulary
research vessel
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution Marine Geoscience Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | BENTHIC HABITAT EARTH SCIENCE | BIOSPHERE | AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | MARINE HABITAT

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