Offshore Sydney Basin Geochemistry and Sedimentology Survey, 1992
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Description
A 28-day survey conducted in September-October 1992 aboard the BMR research vessel Rig Seismic on the NSW continental margin between Wollongong, Sydney, and Newcastle. The dataset was created by a multi-institutional team including the Sydney Water Board, Sydney University, and the Geological Survey of New South Wales. It provides baseline environmental data on sediment composition, contaminants, and non-renewable resources.
Use Cases
Establishing environmental baselines for coastal monitoring based on sediment chemical composition data.
Studying the impact of anthropogenic materials and waste discharge on continental shelf sediments.
Investigating the distribution of non-renewable resources like hydrocarbons and marine sands in the offshore Sydney Basin.
Analyzing the record of Quaternary climate change preserved in continental slope sediments.
Characterizing geochemical tracers for ocean outfalls and estuary-ocean exchanges.
Strengths
Data originates from a dedicated 28-day multi-institutional survey with clear primary objectives.
The survey design explicitly targets multiple scientific projects, including Quaternary sedimentation and contaminant studies.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data files are in PDF and HTML formats, which may require extraction for analysis.
Provenance
Source
Geoscience Australia Data
Collection Method
Marine survey conducted aboard the BMR research vessel Rig Seismic.
Time Range
September-October 1992
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-20 02:24:19.214331; freshness should be verified.
Geography
NSW continental margin, Australia, between Wollongong, Sydney, and Newcastle.
File formats are PDF and HTML; the underlying structured data may require extraction.