Sediment and Water Flux at Boulder Reef Before, During, and After Cyclone Dominic

Monitoring data collected before, during, and after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Dominic at Boulder Reef in the Northern Great Barrier Reef. The dataset includes measurements of sediment load, water velocity, and particulate organic/inorganic carbon, capturing a high-energy event with 430 mm of rainfall and a record river discharge. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data.

Use Cases

• Modeling sediment transport dynamics based on water velocity and sediment load measurements before, during, and after a cyclone.
• Analyzing the terrestrial influence on reef systems based on the presence of illite and kaolinite clay minerals.
• Studying the impact of high-energy wind events on reef-derived carbonate and organic material export.
• Investigating long-term clay deposition cycles on coral reefs based on core data spanning the Holocene.

Strengths

• Captures a specific, high-energy event with detailed pre-, during, and post-cyclone monitoring phases.
• Includes quantified measurements such as water velocities up to 60 cm/s and sediment loads 2-5 times greater during the event.
• Provides context with specific figures like 430 mm of rainfall in 3 days and a river discharge of nearly 50,000 megalitres/day.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is available only in PDF and HTML formats, which may complicate automated analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Field monitoring of sediment and water flux at Boulder Reef.

Time Range

Period surrounding the passage of Tropical Cyclone Dominic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:51:18.481629; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Boulder Reef, Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.