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Heavy mineral deposits of the North Coast beaches
The principal heavy mineral deposits occur along the stretch of beaches from Ballina to Tweed Heads, in northern New South Wales, though lesser, but still commercial,... -
Various resources related to the Experts Workshop on Bioregionalisation of...
In September 2006, twenty-three scientists from six countries attended an Experts Workshop on Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean held in Hobart, Australia. The workshop... -
A national-scale vulnerability assessment of seawater intrusion: coastal...
Fresh groundwater stored in Australian coastal aquifers constitutes an important resource for humans and the natural environment. However, many Australian coastal aquifers are... -
A Nationally Consistent Geomorphic Classification of the Australian Coastal Zone
Geoscience Australia has completed the first phase of an areal map of Australia's coastal geomorphological units. Utilising pre-existing GIS datasets procured from local, state... -
GEODATA COAST 100K 2004
GEODATA Coast 100K 2004 is a vector representation of the topographic features depicting Australia`s coastline, and State and Territory borders. Data are derived from the... -
Oxygen Demand and Nutrient Release from Sediments in the Upper Swan River Estuary
The upper Swan River estuary located in the eastern suburban area of Perth in Western Australia experiences periods of poor water quality in the form high nutrient levels,... -
Australia's Near-pristine Estuaries: Current Knowledge and Management
The purpose of this investigation was to collate previously disparate information on near-pristine estuaries and make it widely available for use by managers, researchers,... -
A Nationally Consistent Geomorphic Classification of the Australian Coastal Zone
Geoscience Australia has completed the first phase of an areal map of Australia's coastal geomorphological units. Utilising pre-existing GIS datasets procured from local, state... -
A Regional Review of Coastal Hazards Along the South West Coast of Western Australia
The south-west coast of Western Australia is made up of a series of exposed limestone headlands which are prone to the development of cliff lines and large overhangs. Coastal... -
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Data - Old Bar Beach Survey
This record contains processed and topographically corrected Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data (.segy, .bmps) and summary shapefile collected on fieldwork at Old Bar Beach,... -
The Impact of Sediment-water Interactions on Water Quality in Wellstead...
In early autumn 2006 (14th March to 4th April), Geoscience Australia conducted a field survey to investigate the major processes controlling water quality in Wellstead Estuary,... -
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Settlements and other Nationally...
An assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on coastal communities has been undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency... -
Changing sea levels of the Australian east coast, suggested by levels of...
An investigation of beach-sand heavy-mineral deposits between the mouth of the Clarence River in northern New South Wales, and North Stradbroke Island in southern Queensland,... -
Nutrient Cycling in St Georges Basin, South Coast NSW
Geoscience Australia conducted a survey of lakebed (benthic) nutrient fluxes in St Georges Basin, November 2003. The objectives were to: 1. determine the nature of nutrient... -
Historic environmental changes and sediment-based condition assessment for...
This project was conducted by Geoscience Australia in collaboration with the Water Science Branch of the Department of Water, Western Australia, to acquire baseline information... -
The nature and mineralogy of beach and dune sands on the central and...
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National Coastal Geomorphology Information Framework: Discovery and Distribution
Geoscience Australia collaborated with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) in a national programme of work that focused on an assessment of the... -
Geomorphology and Sediment Transport in Keppel Bay, Central Queensland, Australia
Keppel Bay is a macrotidal environment that represents the interface of the large catchment of the Fitzroy River with the southern GBR continental shelf. In this study, we... -
The Fitzroy Contaminants Project - A Study of the Nutrient and Fine-sediment...
The Fitzroy catchment is the largest Queensland catchment discharging to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon. Sediments and nutrients together with anthropogenic pollutants... -
Results of Two Dry-season Surveys of Keppel Bay and Casuarina Creek:...
The Fitzoy Estuary is one of several macrotidal estuaries in tropical northern Australia that face ecological change due to agricultural activities in their catchments. The...