Christmas Island lies about 1600 km north-north west of Australia's Northwest Cape. The dataset likely contains bathymetric and sediment thickness maps compiled from seismic profiles and bathymetric data collected in February 1992, totaling about 2000 km of seismic lines. The data was used to produce a new 1:1,000,000 scale bathymetric map for the Australian Geological Survey Organisation.
Use Cases
- Analyze seabed morphology based on bathymetric data.
- Assess sediment thickness distribution based on seismic profiles.
- Map seamount distribution and tectonic features like the Java Trench.
- Compare new high-resolution data with older published bathymetric maps.
Strengths
- Includes about 2000 km of seismic profiles acquired in February 1992.
- Compiled a new bathymetric map at a 1:1,000,000 scale, providing more detail than older 1:5,000,000 or 1:10,000,000 maps.
- Integrates digital water depths from the USA National Geophysical Data Bank.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:57:08.236428; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Data collected via seismic survey by RAT 'Rig Seismic' and integrated with data from other institutions.
- Time Range
- Data collection occurred in February 1992; references older maps from the 1970s and 1980s.
- Geography
- Christmas Island area in the Wharton basin, Indian Ocean, approximately 350 km south of Java.