Geophysical Information for Marine Protected Area Design in Southeastern Australia

Geoscience Australia Data provides information related to the application of geophysical data to design a representative system of Marine Protected Areas. The data supports the implementation of Australia's 1998 Oceans Policy and the 2003 regional marine planning process for the southeast Exclusive Economic Zone. This article is hosted by the Geological Association of Canada.

Use Cases

• Designing marine protected area networks based on geophysical information mentioned in the description.
• Supporting regional marine planning processes based on the 2003 southeast Australia case study.
• Informing ocean policy implementation based on the framework of Australia's 1998 Oceans Policy.

Strengths

• Data originates from Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience agency.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (southeastern Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone).
• Tied to a documented policy framework (Australia's 1998 Oceans Policy).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Policy context from 1998 and 2003.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:51:47.533821; freshness should be verified

Geography

Southeastern Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone.