Geological and Geomorphological Features of Outstanding Universal Value in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

This report provides the first comprehensive assessment of geomorphological and geological features of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) whose intrinsic characteristics represent elements of the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). Specific examples of these features are described and an initial assessment made of the environmental pressures that they currently or in the future may experience. Importantly, the information compiled in this report improves our knowledge of an important set of physical and biophysical features in the GBRWHA with key natural heritage values and thereby has the potential to better inform the conservation and management of this unique region.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2013-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/78670

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2014.002

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Whiteway, T.G.

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Author

Smithers, S.

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Author

Potter, A.

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Author

Brooke, B.

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Name

Record

Issue identification

2014/002

Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Audas, D.

 Place and Communities Internal Contact
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

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

Keywords

  • GA Publication

  • Record

Theme

  • Great Barrier Reef

  • bathymetry

  • marine

Keywords

  • AU-QLD

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Marine Geoscience

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY-NC

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Download the Record (pdf)

Download the Record (pdf)

Distribution format

  • pdf

OnLine resource

Download the Record (docx)

Download the Record (docx)

Distribution format

  • docx

Resource lineage

Statement

The report was created for the Department od Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC) in 2013 as part of their reporting on the condition of Outstanding Universal Values of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Hierarchy level
Non geographic dataset
Other

GA Publication

Description

Information has been jointly provided by James Cook University and Geoscience Australia. IP belongs to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/ed370384-ec03-2e84-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Audas, D.

 Place and Communities Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Document
Name

GA Record

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/78670

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ed370384-ec03-2e84-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Creation)
2025-06-23T06:16:30.602Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-06-23T06:17:11.767Z
Date info (Creation)
2013-12-11T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

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

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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W


Keywords

Great Barrier Reef bathymetry marine

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