Gulf of Carpentaria Depth and Sediment Data 1989-1990

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

On the FRV Southern Surveyor cruise SS3/90, 108 stations throughout the Gulf of Carpentaria were sampled for sea temperature, salinity, water depth, and sediment grain size. Data was also collected from the 1989-1990 "Jacqueline D" cruises and from commercial trawlers. Relevant rainfall, wind and temperature data were obtained from the Meteorological Bureau.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Gulf of Carpentaria Depth and Sediment Data 1989-1990
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/83808f80-34fb-4a01-933f-39774b4450d3
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1989 - 31/12/1990
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        135.5,
        -17.5
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -17.5
      ],
      [
        142.0,
        -12.0
      ],
      [
        135.5,
        -12.0
      ],
      [
        135.5,
        -17.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Gulf of Carpentaria Depth and Sediment Data 1989-1990". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/gulf-of-carpentaria-depth-and-sediment-data-1989-1990