Predicted seabed sand content in the north-northwest region of the Australian continental EEZ 2013

This dataset provides the spatially continuous data of predicted seabed sand content (sediment fraction 63 - 2000 µm) expressed as a weight percentage ranging from 0 to 100%, presented in 0.0025 decimal degree (dd) resolution raster grids format and an ascii text file. The dataset covers the north-northwest region of the Australian continental EEZ. This dataset supersedes previous predictions of seabed sand content for the region with demonstrated improvements in accuracy. Accuracy of predictions varies based on density of underlying data and level of seabed complexity. Artefacts occur in this dataset as a result of insufficient samples in relevant areas. This dataset is intended for use at regional scale. The dataset may not be appropriate for use at local scales in areas where sample density is insufficient to detect local variation in sediment properties. To obtain the most accurate interpretation of sediment distribution in these areas, it is recommended that additional samples be collected and interpolations updated.

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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/76999

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Li, J.

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Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Custodian

EGD
Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W


Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords

  • Marine Data

Theme

  • seabed

Theme

  • sedimentology

Theme

  • NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub

Theme

  • marine

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Marine Geoscience

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

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

File download

Download the data (ArcGIS-grid)

Distribution format

  • ArcGIS-grid

Resource lineage

Statement

Sediment samples were exported from Geoscience Australia's Marine Sediments database (MARS), an Oracle database developed by Geoscience Australia in line with ANZLIC data standards. A subset of this data was selected for use in predicting spatial distribution of sand content based on a set of data quality control criteria (see Li et al. 2010 and 2012). Predicting the spatial distribution of sand content at a 0.0025 decimal degree resolution was undertaken using a combined method of random forest and ordinary kriging (see Li et al. 2010, 2011a and 2012). The spatial interpolation method used was experimentally selected from over 40 methods/sub-methods based on assessment of predictive errors (Li et al. 2010, 2011a and 2012) and was refined for sand content based on further experimental testing during Nov 2012 to March 2013. The predictions in raster grids and as an ascii text file were generated in R. Final file is in WGS 84 coordinate system with a 0.0025 dd spatial resolution.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Description

NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub

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/e3dd1af5-7afa-50fd-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

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/76999

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e3dd1af5-7afa-50fd-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-22T08:46:50
Date info (Creation)
2013-08-14T00:00:00

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

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub marine seabed sedimentology

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