Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula: Survey and GIS Coverages

Geoscience Australia Data compiled a geoscientific synthesis for coastal land use strategy on Cape York Peninsula. The project assessed oceanographic processes, documented coastal environments, and analyzed Holocene evolution. Results include methodology reports and completed coastal geoscience GIS coverages.

Use Cases

• Model coastal erosion and instability based on identified areas of significant instability.
• Plan sustainable coastal development based on the assessment of oceanographic and meteorological processes.
• Study sedimentary deposit patterns based on the documentation of coastal environment character.
• Reconstruct historical coastline changes based on the analysis of Holocene evolution of the coastal zone.

Strengths

• Project conducted by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience organization.
• Output includes GIS coverages, which are structured geospatial data layers.
• Analysis covers multiple scientific domains including oceanography, sedimentology, and geomorphology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which may require extraction for computational use.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Project utilized a wide variety of information and techniques to compile basic coastal geoscientific information.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:28:55.679483; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cape York Peninsula, Australia