Lord Howe Rise Deep Stratigraphic Drilling Proposal and Collaboration Overview

Geoscience Australia and JAMSTEC have collaborated since 2014 on a proposal for deep scientific drilling in the Zealandia continental fragment. The approved proposal aims to collect rock cores from several kilometers below the seafloor to study a 100-million-year history. This dataset, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, describes the collaboration and scientific goals.

Use Cases

• Study tectonic stretching and basin formation based on the description of Zealandia's geological history
• Reconstruct past climate dynamics based on the analysis of deep sediment cores
• Investigate the limits of ancient microbial life based on the proposed analysis of rock cores

Strengths

• Describes a long-term international collaboration active since 2014
• Outlines a proposal approved by the International Ocean Discovery Program, a major scientific body
• Focuses on a unique geological target—the submerged Zealandia continent

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
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Proposal and collaboration description for planned scientific ocean drilling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:15:08.003365; freshness should be verified

Geography

Lord Howe Rise, northern Zealandia basin, Australia's maritime jurisdiction