Geoscience Australia Data provides a geological and geomorphological description of One Tree Reef in the southern Great Barrier Reef. The description details the reef's evolution from a karst platform over 9600 years ago to its present shape, influenced by sea-level changes and wave energy patterns. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-30.
Use Cases
- Modeling reef growth and accretion patterns based on the described vertical and lateral accretion history.
- Analyzing sediment transport and deposition based on the described wave energy and flood tide controls.
- Studying the impact of past sea-level changes on coral reef structure based on the described karst platform emergence.
Strengths
- Description includes specific dimensions (5.5 km long, 3 km wide) and depth ranges (10 to 25m below sea level).
- Provides concrete temporal markers for geological events (9600-9000 years B.P., 4400 years B.P.).
- Last updated date is precisely recorded (2026-04-30 15:10:32.447702).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is provided in PDF/HTML formats, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Time Range
- Covers geological evolution from before 9600-9000 years B.P. to present.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-30 15:10:32.447702; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- One Tree Reef, Capricorn Group, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.