A 28-day survey aboard the BMR vessel Rig Seismic collected baseline environmental data on the NSW continental margin between Wollongong, Sydney, and Newcastle in September-October 1992. The multi-institutional project aimed to analyze sediment composition, anthropogenic contaminants, and non-renewable resources. Data were gathered by personnel from the Sydney Water Board, Sydney University, the Geological Survey of NSW, and the BMR.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal zone environmental monitoring based on sediment chemical composition data
- Analyzing the juxtaposition of renewable and non-renewable resources based on continental margin survey data
- Studying Quaternary climate change records based on sediment samples from the continental slope
- Characterizing contaminants and nutrients in shelf sediments based on geochemical tracer studies
Strengths
- 28-day survey duration provides a focused temporal snapshot
- Multi-institutional collaboration involving Sydney Water Board, Sydney University, Geological Survey of NSW, and BMR
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Multi-disciplinary survey aboard the BMR research vessel Rig Seismic
- Time Range
- September-October 1992
- Geography
- NSW continental margin between Wollongong, Sydney, and Newcastle