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Beach sands investigation: an investigation of the variations in the...
Results are given of investigations carried out to detect any variation in the relative proportions of the several heavy minerals in heavy concentrates separated out from beach... -
The relationship between sediment and water quality and riverine sediment...
We examine surface sediment and water column total nutrient and chlorophyll a concentrations for 12 estuaries with average water depths <4 m, and calculated sediment loads... -
Law of the Sea. Teacher notes and student activities on Australia's offshore...
A comprehensive black and white teachers' guide reviews the history and development of the United Nation's Convention on the Law of the Sea and its application to Australian... -
Keppel Bay: Physical Processes and Biogeochemical Engineering
In recent years there has been concern that catchment-derived nutrients and sediments discharged by rivers into the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef are having a deleterious... -
Historic Environmental Changes and Present-day Nutrient Release from...
This report presents the results of a study by Geoscience Australia of Stokes Inlet and Wellstead Estuary, located in southwestern Western Australia, based on data collected... -
New South Wales Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 131 New South Wales coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and... -
New South Wales Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping, Version 2...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 134 New South Wales coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and... -
OzEstuaries Online GIS (now OzCoasts)
The OzEstuaries online GIS contains data for Australian estuaries (coastal waterways) and for oceans in the Australian region. Estuaries data include geomorphic habitat mapping,... -
Major achievements of the comparative geomorphology of estuaries project
Australia's near-pristine estuaries are some of our most valuable natural assets, with many natural and cultural heritage values. They are important as undisturbed habitat for... -
Australian Coastal Sediment Compartments WFS
The Australian Coastal Sediment Compartments Web Service provide a hierarchical spatial classification relevant to the assessment of sediment movement in the Australian coastal... -
New Quartz SAR-OSL Ages from the Stranded Beach Dune Sequence in South-east...
A sequence of stranded coastal barriers in south-east South Australia preserves a record of sea-level variations over the past 800 ka. Huntley et al. (Quat. Sci. Rev. 12 (1993a)... -
Outline map of Australia
A simple blackline map of the outline of Australia, suitable to be printed at A4 or A3 size. -
X-ray diffraction data for surface seabed sediments in Jervis Bay, NSW (June 2008)
Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic... -
Acoustic Mapping of Estuarine Benthic Habitats: Results of a Trial in Wallis...
A collaborative field trial of the Quester-Tangent View Series 5 single beam acoustic benthic mapping system was recently conducted in Wallis Lake by Geoscience Australia and... -
Victorian Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000 scale digital data)
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 52 Victorian coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and representative... -
National Coastal Groundwater Management Knowledge Transfer Workshop:...
Workshop Proceedings of the National Coastal Groundwater Management Knowledge Transfer Workshop held in Canberra on 28-29 May 2013 -
Outline map of Australia (with state borders and capital city locations)
Outline map of Australia (with state borders and capital city locations) -
Northern Territory Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping. Version 2...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 63 Northern Territory coastal waterways. This version of the dataset includes 48 newly mapped estuaries,... -
Geomorphology and Stratigraphy of Keppel Bay, South-east Queensland, Australia
Keppel Bay is a large shallow coastal embayment adjacent to the mouth of the Fitzroy River, located on the central coast of Queensland. The geomorphology and distribution of... -
Benthic Nutrient Fluxes in Smiths Lake, NSW
Geoscience Australia conducted a survey of benthic nutrient fluxes in Smiths Lake , during February 2003, to gather baseline data for the ongoing management of the waterway by...