Carpentaria Reefs Discovery Video from 2003 and 2005 Geoscience Australia Surveys

Two Geoscience Australia surveys in 2003 (survey 238) and 2005 (survey 276) discovered submerged coral reefs in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The movie describes the findings, including how multibeam sonar technology identified the reefs and how Uranium/Thorium dating at the Australian National University determined their age. This discovery established a new coral reef province within Australia's marine zone.

Use Cases

• Educational presentations on marine discovery techniques based on the described multibeam sonar technology
• Research into submerged reef geochronology based on the Uranium/Thorium dating method mentioned
• Background material for marine conservation planning based on the description of a new coral reef province

Strengths

• Documents a significant scientific discovery of a previously unknown coral reef province
• Describes specific survey years (2003 and 2005) and survey numbers (238 and 276)
• Explains the use of specific technologies (multibeam sonar) and dating methods (Uranium/Thorium)

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Geoscience Australia surveys using multibeam sonar and drill-core sampling.

Time Range

2003, 2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 17:36:06.699919; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia