Lord Howe Rise Continental Ribbon: Geophysical Data on Gondwana Rifting

Geophysical and geological data related to the Lord Howe Rise, a thinned continental ribbon formed during the Cretaceous fragmentation of eastern Gondwana. The dataset includes marine and satellite geophysical data, dredge samples, and shallow drilling results, contributed by the Australian Ocean Data Network. An abstract for this research was presented at the 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Use Cases

• Modeling the tectonic evolution of continental ribbons based on marine geophysical data mentioned in the description.
• Testing plate-tectonic theories of self-organized versus mantle-driven rifting based on the described extensional history and igneous rock composition.
• Planning future deep crustal seismic surveys or stratigraphic drilling by analyzing the described limitations of existing shallow drilling data.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, relatively inaccessible geological feature (the Lord Howe Rise) with implications for plate tectonic theory.
• Integrates multiple data sources mentioned, including marine geophysical data, satellite data, dredge samples, and drilling results.

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

Likely compiled from widely-distributed marine and satellite geophysical data, limited dredge samples, and sparse shallow drilling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 18:30:25.248563; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lord Howe Rise, eastern Gondwana