IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Montara offshore banks substrata mapping
In 2009, reefs and shoals near the Montara oil field were exposed to an uncontrolled release of oil and gas that lasted for 74 days.
In response, PTTEP commissioned extensive studies into the marine life and ecosystems of the Timor Sea. This record describes the high resolution multibeam data collected by the Australian Institute of Marine Science during PTTEP-funded field surveys to predict the types and distribution of substrate that make up each shoal.
The shoal maps are supplied in vector Shapefile format, resampled to 4m, and at native resolution (~2m) in Geotiff format, with the following substratum classes: 1 = Limestone (high relief), 2 = Limestone (low relief), 3 = Rubble, 4 = Mixed substrate, 5 = Sand and rubble, 6 = Sand
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-02-21
Principal investigator
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Oceans
Extent
))
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2010-01-01 2010-12-31
Resource format
- Title
- ESRI Shapefile
- Date
- Edition
- -
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Place)
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- Montara banks
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Benthic habitat
- oil spill
- environmental impact assessment
Resource specific usage
- Specific usage
- Data supplied for use by the Seamap Australia Project.
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Heyward A, Jones R, Meeuwig J, Burns K, Radford B, Colquhoun R, Cappo M, Case M, O'Leary R, Fisher R, Meekan M, Stowar M (2011). Montara offshore banks substrata mapping. Australian Institute of Marine Science for for PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier) Pty. Ltd. Data accessed from [access URL] on [access date]
- Other constraints
- This data is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of PTTEP Australasia for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- A Heyward et al. 2011; Monitoring Study S5 Banks & Shoals, Montara 2011 Offshore Bnaks Assessment Survey. Report fr PTTEP AUstralasia (Ashmore Cartier) Pty. Ltd. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville (253pp).
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Description
- Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project
- Name
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Benthic habitat
- Name
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SM_HAB_CLS
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile
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ESRI Shapefile
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - Download (Montara offshore banks substrata - reduced to 4m resolution) in Shapefile format.
- OnLine resource
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seamap:SeamapAus_WA_Montara_offshore_banks_2011
MAP - Montara offshore banks substrata
- OnLine resource
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View survey report
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Nine banks and shoals were surveyed in 2011 with high resolution multibeam swath bathymetry, ranging in distance from within three kilometres to around 150 km from the Montara well. With the exception of Vulcan and Barracouta shoals, all were poorly described, with limited bathymetric data. Multibeam swath mapping was undertaken using a Reson Seabat 7101 and post-processed to 2m pixel size. At each bank and shoal, video transects and sediment samples were conducted to assess biotic communities and substratum, and investigate exposure to hydrocarbons. A total of 16,000 still images from towed video were used for substratum and habitat analysis. Extensive biological and ecological surveying was carried as part of this survey, see https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/bcefac9b-ebc5-4013-9c88-a356280c202c/files/2011-offshore-banks-assessment-survey.pdf
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- diver
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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324cbb7f-740a-452d-a372-639bfa0ca9ff
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/324cbb7f-740a-452d-a372-639bfa0ca9ff
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-23T12:36:21
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-09-23T12:36:21
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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