The Bureau of Mineral Resources compiled reconnaissance-style maps of surficial cover facies on the Great Barrier Reef in 1982. These maps exhibit only surficial facies and apply a simple bathymetric classification differentiating supratidal, intertidal, and subtidal zones. Map resolution is variable over the reef and generally decreases with increasing water depth.
Use Cases
- Analyze reef surface composition based on mapped surficial facies.
- Study coastal zone distribution based on the applied supratidal, intertidal, and subtidal classification.
- Assess mapping resolution variability relative to water depth as described in the metadata.
Strengths
- Maps include a bathymetric classification differentiating supratidal, intertidal, and subtidal zones.
- Maximum resolution has been retained where possible to aid user location on reefs.
- Compiled by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, a recognized geological institution.
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.
- The maps exhibit only surficial facies; subsurface facies are not integrated.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Reconnaissance-style mapping technique developed by the Bureau of Mineral Resources.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 02:44:07.337925; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Great Barrier Reef