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Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Sediment Data

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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This resource contains sediment data for the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea collected by Geoscience Australia during September and October 2012 on RV Solander (survey GA0339/SOL5650). Seabed sediment samples were collected from four survey areas by either a Smith McIntyre grab or box corer at 62 stations, divided between Area 1 (n=22), Area 2 (n=17), Area 3 (n=21) and Area 4 (n=2). The Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve survey was undertaken as an activity within the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub and was the key component of Research Theme 4 - Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans. Hub partners involved in the survey included the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geoscience Australia, the University of Western Australia, Museum Victoria and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Data acquired during the survey included: multibeam sonar bathymetry and acoustic backscatter; sub-bottom acoustic profiles; physical samples of seabed sediments, infauna and epibenthic biota; towed underwater video and still camera observations of seabed habitats; baited video observations of demersal and pelagic fish, and; oceanographic measurements of the water column from CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) casts and from deployment of sea surface drifters. Further information on the survey is available in the post-survey report published as Geoscience Australia Record 2013/38 (Nichol et al. 2013).

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Title Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Sediment Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/9ab02686-5b06-4483-aa68-93830693ea9e
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        126.9,
        -12.23
      ],
      [
        127.46,
        -12.23
      ],
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        127.46,
        -11.3
      ],
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        126.9,
        -11.3
      ],
      [
        126.9,
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      ]
    ]
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}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Sediment Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/oceanic-shoals-commonwealth-marine-reserve-sediment-data1