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Backscatter grid of Lord Howe Island

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Created 20/01/2025

Updated 20/01/2025

Geoscience Australia carried out a marine survey on Lord Howe Island shelf (NSW) in 2008 (SS062008) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through colocated sampling of surface sediments and infauna, rock coring, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video, and measurement of ocean tides and wavegenerated currents. Subbottom profile data was also collected to map sediment thickness and shelf stratigraphy. Data and samples were acquired using the National Facility Research Vessel Southern Surveyor. Bathymetric data from this survey was merged with other preexisting bathymetric data (including LADS) to generate a grid covering 1034 sq km. As part of a separate Geoscience Australia survey in 2007 (TAN0713), an oceanographic mooring was deployed on the northern edge of Lord Howe Island shelf. The mooring was recovered during the 2008 survey following a 6 month deployment. lh_back_8m is a backscatter grid of the Lord Howe survey area produced from the processed EM300 backscatter data of the survey area using the CMST-GA MB Process.

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Title Backscatter grid of Lord Howe Island
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/9af06697-7f78-4b1c-b058-413f75b759bf
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Geoscience Australia
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[158.94, -31.9], [159.4, -31.9], [159.4, -31.3], [158.94, -31.3], [158.94, -31.9]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Backscatter grid of Lord Howe Island". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/backscatter-grid-of-lord-howe-island1

No duplicate datasets found.