Bathymetric Profiling of the Antarctic Continental Margin

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Citation:

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Title: Bathymetric Profiling of the Antarctic Continental Margin

Description:

Abstract:

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 933 See the link below for public details on this project. Australian Antarctic and Southern Ocean Profiling Project (AASOPP) was the outcome of a government decision in 1999 that it would carry out the necessary work to place Australia in a position to be able to prepare a submission defining the outer limit the 'extended Continental Shelf' (ECS) off the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT). The ECS is the area of seabed/subsoil jurisdiction extending beyond the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone, and is defined by Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. AASOPP was set up in 2000, under the management of the Department of Finance and Administration and in consultation with the Australian Antarctic Division, to undertake the acquisition and interpretation of the data that would underpin a UN submission. Technical aspects of the work were largely the responsibility of the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (later Geoscience Australia). Marine geophysical surveys were conducted in 2001/2 and 2002/3 by the primary contractors, FUGRO Geoteam supervised by AGSO (Geoscience Australia) using the vessels Geoarctic and Polar Duke (survey numbers GA227, GA228 and GA229). Data collected were seismic reflection, sonobuoy sesimic refraction, magnetic and gravity profiles. Data processing was supervised by Geoscience Australia where they are archived. Seismic data were lodged with the SCAR Seismic Data Library. Law of the Sea interpretations were lodged as part of the Australian submission to the United Nations by November, 2004 with a request not to examine the Antarctic case until requested.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19950717

Ending_Date: 19960502

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -60.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.0

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY

Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: Southern Ocean

Theme_Keyword: Aasopp

Theme_Keyword: Law Of The Sea

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: These data are publicly available from the provided URLs.

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This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_933 when using these data.

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Contact_Person: PHILIP SYMONDS

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: GPO BOX 378

Address: Geoscience Australia

City: Canberra

State_or_Province: Australian Capital Territory

Postal_Code: 2601

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 2 6249 9490

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 2 6249 9980

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: psymonds@ga.gov.au

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Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: ASAC_933

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http://data.aad.gov.au

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http://sdls.ogs.trieste.it/

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SCAR Antarctic Seismic Data Library System - archive of raw seismic data

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http://www.ga.gov.au/marine/jurisdiction.html

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Geoscience Australia link: Processed seismic data, profile data and UN EEZ Submission

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http://www.ga.gov.au/marine/projects/law-sea-marit...

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Maritime boundary maps

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Fees: Free

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000808

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120209

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PHILIP SYMONDS

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: GPO BOX 378

Address: Geoscience Australia

City: Canberra

State_or_Province: Australian Capital Territory

Postal_Code: 2601

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 2 6249 9490

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 2 6249 9980

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: psymonds@ga.gov.au

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time