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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) still images - Caswell Sub-basin, Browse Basin Marine Survey (GA0345/GA0346/TAN1411)

Geoscience Australia (GA) conducted a marine survey (GA0345/GA0346/TAN1411) of the north-eastern Browse Basin (Caswell Sub-basin) between 9 October and 9 November 2014 to acquire seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the basin. The survey, undertaken as part of the Department of Industry and Science's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP), aimed to identify and characterise indicators of natural hydrocarbon or fluid seepage that may indicate compromised seal integrity in the region.


The survey was conducted in three legs aboard the New Zealand research vessel RV Tangaroa, and included scientists and technical staff from GA, the NZ National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) and Fugro Survey Pty Ltd. Shipboard data (survey ID GA0345) collected included multibeam sonar bathymetry and backscatter over 12 areas (A1, A2, A3, A4, A6b, A7, A8, B1, C1, C2b, F1, M1) totalling 455 km2 in water depths ranging from 90 - 430 m, and 611 km of sub-bottom profile lines. Seabed samples were collected from 48 stations and included 99 Smith-McIntyre grabs and 41 piston cores. An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) (survey ID GA0346) collected higher-resolution multibeam sonar bathymetry and backscatter data, totalling 7.7 km2, along with 71 line km of side scan sonar, underwater camera and sub-bottom profile data. Twenty two Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) missions collected 31 hours of underwater video, 657 still images, eight grabs and one core.


This catalogue entry refers to Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) still image data acquired during survey GA0345/GA0346/TAN1411.


Following mapping with the shipboard multibeam, higher-resolution multibeam data were acquired in targeted areas using a Kongsberg Simrad EM2000 system mounted to the Fugro Echo Surveyor V (ES-5) AUV. This instrument had a depth rating of 3000 m, and surveyed the seafloor according to a pre-programmed mission plan. The AUV was fitted with a camera and light system designed to produce images of equal width and height (in the context of this survey, the images comprised 8 m by 8 m of seafloor). The equipment consisted of a light sensitive NEO 11 Megapixel 35 mm monochrome CCD (4008 x 2672) camera and two LED panels, each comprising 360 LEDs. High-resolution multibeam bathymetric data was collected together with side scan sonar and sub bottom profile data at an elevation of 30 m above the seafloor, and at line spacing's of 100 m. Overlapping high-resolution still photographs (captured every second) were then acquired on the survey lines at an elevation of 8 m above the seafloor. The AUV was equipped with an advanced real-time Aided Inertial Navigation System, which calculated the position, velocity and altitude of the vehicle and a HiPAP 500 USBL system was used to acoustically position the AUV.


Underwater imagery was collected from two AUV missions in study Areas 3 and 4. During the 2nd AUV mission on 22 October, the vehicle encountered an obstruction on the seabed and became trapped despite commencing an emergency ascent sequence. The AUV was subsequently recovered from the seabed during salvage operations incorporated into the ROV phase of survey operations.

A total of 24 877 still images were acquired in Area 3 and 20 743 in Area 4 over 58 and 56 line kilometres, respectively. Still images (.jpg files) are located in folder 'TAN1411_AUV_STILLS' with sub-folders named according to gear code (AUV= Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), mission and study Area (e.g. AUV_M2_A3 = still images acquired during AUV mission 2 in Area 3). USBL (Ultra-short baseline) text files (`TileCam.idx) are located in each sub-folder and provide continuous navigational information on location, time (UTC) and depth of AUV still imagery transect lines.

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Date (Creation)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2016-06-03T14:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/82983

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

Carroll, A.G.

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Author

Siwabessy, P.J.W.

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Author

Tran, M.

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Author

Melrose, R.

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Keywords
  • Marine Data

Theme
  • marine

Theme
  • seabed

Theme
  • habitat

Theme
  • geological storage of CO2

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  • marine environmental baselines

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Earth Sciences

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4.0

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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OnLine resource

Caswell Sub-basin - Browse Basin CO2 data package

Caswell Sub-basin - Browse Basin CO2 data package

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NCI link for AUV stills and ROV video products

NCI link for AUV stills and ROV video products

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0e62fbcd-f9a8-a736-e053-10a3070ab4d1

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-22T08:31:48
Date info (Creation)
2015-02-06T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

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ISO 19115-1:2014

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ISO 19115-3

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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

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Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
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Keywords

geological storage of CO2 habitat marine marine environmental baselines seabed

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