Mass of Off-Reef Sediments on Wistari Reef

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef. The results indicate that the volume of off-reef sediment is ~ 4.064exp8 with a mass of 5.872exp8 tonnes. These values are estimated based on seismic profiles associated with the study.

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Title Mass of Off-Reef Sediments on Wistari Reef
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9794b327-1d5a-4583-8145-4300bda0c6a1
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
David.ryan75@gmail.com
Reference Period 01/01/1998 - 01/01/1998
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        151.5,
        -24.5
      ],
      [
        153.0,
        -24.5
      ],
      [
        153.0,
        -23.0
      ],
      [
        151.5,
        -23.0
      ],
      [
        151.5,
        -24.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Mass of Off-Reef Sediments on Wistari Reef". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mass-of-off-reef-sediments-on-wistari-reef1