Geomorphology Map of the Australasian Seafloor

A geomorphology map of the Australasian seafloor was created as a Geographic Information System layer for the study described in

Torres, Leigh G., et al. "From exploitation to conservation: habitat models using whaling data predict distribution patterns and threat exposure of an endangered whale." Diversity and Distributions 19.9 (2013): 1138-1152.

The geomorphology map was generated using parameters derived from the General Bathymetric Chart of the World (GEBCO 2008, http://www.gebco.net/), with 30 arc-second grid resolution.

Geomorphology features were delineated manually with a consistent spatial resolution. Each feature was assigned a primary attribute of depth zone and a secondary attribute of morphological feature.

The following feature classes are defined: shelf, slope, rise, plain, valley, trench, trough, basin, hills(s), mountains(s), ridges(s), plateau, seamount.

Further information (methods, definitions and an illustration of the geomorphology map) is provided in Appendix S2 of the paper which is available for download (see related URLs).

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Identification info

Alternate title
Geomorphology Map of the Australasian Seafloor
Date (Publication)
2015-05-06
Edition
1

Originator

Torres, L. and Bardsley, S.A.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

TORRES, LEIGH
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute
Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport
Oregon
97365
USA

Principal investigator

BARDSLEY, SIMON A.

Collaborator

TORRES, LEIGH
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute
Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport
Oregon
97365
USA

Collaborator

BARDSLEY, SIMON A.
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/geomorphology_australasian_seafloor

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Elevation
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
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W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2008-01-01 2011-12-31
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
Keywords
  • SEAMOUNT
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
Requests for a copy of the dataset should be made to Leigh Torres (see Personnel). A copy of an appendix from a publication detailing more information about the map is available for download from the provided URL.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license

Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=geomorphology_australasian_seafloor when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Units of distribution
kb
Transfer size
270
Distribution format
  • PDF

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS

Download Appendix S2 from Torres, Leigh G., et al. "From exploitation to conservation: habitat models using whaling data predict distribution patterns and threat exposure of an endangered whale." Diversity and Distributions 19.9 (2013): 1138-1152.

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2015-05-06 Record created by David Smith.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/geomorphology_australasian_seafloor

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

SMITH, DAVID T.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
c3e8f804-4ab1-4d10-917d-518a2151e90c

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T07:13:32

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/geomorphology_australasian_seafloor

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2015-05-06T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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