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A Nationally Consistent Geomorphic Classification of the Australian Coastal Zone
Geoscience Australia has completed the first phase of an areal map of Australia's coastal geomorphological units. Utilising pre-existing GIS datasets procured from local, state... -
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A national-scale vulnerability assessment of seawater intrusion: coastal...
Fresh groundwater stored in Australian coastal aquifers constitutes an important resource for humans and the natural environment. However, many Australian coastal aquifers are... -
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Nutrient Release from Sediments of the Torbay Drainage System, South-western...
In April 2005, Geoscience Australia (GA) conducted a field survey of the waterbodies of the Torbay catchment drainage system. The Torbay Catchment Group and the Western... -
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Visualising coastal seabed characteristics: using VRML models to present...
Geoscience Australia has produced free Web-viewable 3D models of coastal data, for sharing data and information with project partners and coastal zone stakeholders. The models... -
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Benthic Nutrient Fluxes in Smiths Lake, NSW
Geoscience Australia conducted a survey of benthic nutrient fluxes in Smiths Lake , during February 2003, to gather baseline data for the ongoing management of the waterway by... -
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New South Wales Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 131 New South Wales coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and... -
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Western Australia Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping, Version 2...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 103 Western Australia coastal waterways. The classification system contains 11 easily identifiable and... -
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South Australian Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 36 South Australian coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and... -
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Using Inherent Optical Properties to Investigate Biogeochemical Dynamics in...
The variability in the inherent optical properties along an estuary-coast-ocean continuum in tropical Australia has been studied. The study area, the Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel... -
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The nature and mineralogy of beach and dune sands on the central and...
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National Coastal Geomorphology Information Framework: Discovery and Distribution
Geoscience Australia collaborated with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) in a national programme of work that focused on an assessment of the... -
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Western Australia Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000...
This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 85 Western Australia coastal waterways. The classification system contains 11 easily identifiable and... -
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Nutrient Sources, Water Quality and Biogeochemical Processes in the Coorong,...
The Coorong, a shallow coastal lagoon at the mouth of the Murray River, has had a significant decline in water quality over the last 15 years because of reduced freshwater... -
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Biogeochemical Zones Within a Macrotidal, Dry-Tropical Fluvial-Marine...
The Fitzroy River delivers large amounts of nutrients and fine sediments to Keppel Bay (contiguous with the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon) during intermittent flow events. This... -
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Major achievements of the comparative geomorphology of estuaries project
Australia's near-pristine estuaries are some of our most valuable natural assets, with many natural and cultural heritage values. They are important as undisturbed habitat for... -
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Sydney Harbour Sediment Sampling Results: Cooperative Research Centre for...
This Milestone Report documents the results of the analysis of sediment samples collected during the survey of Sydney Harbour in August, 2003. The samples were collected by... -
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Mapping and characterising soft-sediment habitats, and evaluating physical...
A series of short field surveys in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, were undertaken by Geoscience Australia staff as part of the Surrogates Program in the Commonwealth Environmental... -
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Australian Coastal Sediment Compartments WMS
The Australian Coastal Sediment Compartments Web Service provide a hierarchical spatial classification relevant to the assessment of sediment movement in the Australian coastal... -
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The Geomorphology and Sediments of Cockburn Sound
This study examined the geomorphology of the sea bed, the spatial distribution of the various sediment types and the geomorphic evolution of Cockburn Sound. -
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X-ray fluorescence and particle surface area data for surface seabed...
Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic...