Underwater Video and Images from the Browse Basin Marine Survey (2013)

Geoscience Australia collected underwater footage from 49 stations during a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf in May 2013. The survey aimed to assess the CO2 storage potential of the Browse Basin by looking for evidence of gas or fluid seepage and mapping seabed habitats. Data includes AVI video files, still images, and USBL navigation files providing location, time, and depth for each transect.

Use Cases

• Identifying seabed seepage features based on underwater video footage.
• Mapping benthic habitats and biota associated with geological structures.
• Assessing CO2 storage site integrity based on seabed and shallow geological information.
• Analyzing the relationship between seabed features and underlying faults using navigational data.

Strengths

• Data collected from 49 distinct stations provides multiple observation points.
• Includes multiple data modalities: video files, still images, and continuous navigational data.
• Survey was conducted under a national government plan (NCIP) for a specific, documented scientific aim.

Limitations

• Video quality varies between stations, which may affect analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Marine survey (SOL5754/GA0340) using a towed underwater camera system.

Time Range

May 2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 10:13:32.238434; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf, Western Australia