Lord Howe Island Shelf Geomorphology and Submarine Volcano Survey SS06-2008

April 2008 survey aboard the RV Southern Surveyor mapping the morphology and benthic environments of the Lord Howe Island shelf and its submarine volcano flanks. The data was collected by a collaboration between the University of Wollongong and Geoscience Australia under the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub. It aims to understand reef growth history at the southern limit of reef formation and links between physical environment and biodiversity distribution.

Use Cases

• Map seabed habitat distribution based on described benthic environment and infauna data.
• Analyze the history of reef growth at the southern limit of reef formation based on drowned reef structure mapping.
• Examine erosional and depositional processes on a submarine volcano based on flank morphology data.
• Support marine park management planning with geomorphological and habitat data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated research survey (SS06-2008) conducted by Geoscience Australia and the University of Wollongong.
• Explicitly collected to inform the revised Plan of Management for the Lord Howe Marine Parks.
• Focuses on a specific, scientifically significant location at the southernmost limit of reef formation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single-survey, single-location scope.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine survey aboard the RV Southern Surveyor collecting morphology and benthic environment data.

Time Range

April 2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:45:43.374395; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lord Howe Island shelf and submarine volcano, Australia