XYZ single and multibeam bathymetry grids for the WA Margins

Full description

This is a compilation of all the processed single beam and multibeam data that are publicly released and that Geoscience Australia holds in its database for the WA Margins within the following area: Latitude -26 to -31South and Longitude 111 to 115.5 East.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded

Statement: The data was acquired onboard nine research vessels through nineteen surveys as following: # Survey Name Vessel Name Multibeam System Institution Start Date End Date Start Port End Port 1 GA-0157_Adedav N/O L'Atalante EM120D (12 kHz) EM950 (95kHz) GA/IFREMER 10/04/1994 11/04/1994 Adelaide SW Timor 2 GA-0235_EW0113 RV M. Ewing Atlas hydrosweep DS (14-16 kHz) LDEO 30/10/2001 30/11/2001 Fremantle Fremantle 3 GA-0296_SS072005 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 28/07/2005 2/08/2005 Dampier Fremantle 4 GA-0307_SOL4769 RV Solander EM3002D (300 kHz) GA/AIMS 7/08/2008 8/08/2008 Fremantle Exmouth 5 GA-0332_SS052011 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) GA 21/09/2011 17/10/2011 Geraldton Geraldton 6 GA-1431_SOJN04MV RV Melville Seabeam 2000 SIO 12/02/1997 13/02/1997 Capetown Fremantle 7 GA-2367_EW0112 M.Ewing Atlas hydrosweep DS (14-16 kHz) LDEO 21/10/2001 21/10/2001 Seychelles Fremantle 8 GA-2390_SS102005 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 17/11/2005 14/12/2005 Fremantle Dampier 9 GA-2406_SS052006 RV S.Surveyo EM300 (30 kHz) UWA 4/05/2006 27/05/2006 Fremantle Geraldton 10 GA-2408_SS06200 RV S.Surveyo EM300 (30 kHz) GA 29/05/2006 29/05/2006 Geraldton Pt Hedland 11 GA-2412_MR0401 RV Mirai Seabeam 2112 (12 kHz) JAMSTEC 22/02/2004 23/02/2004 Fremantle Yokohama 12 GA-2434_SS042007 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 21/05/2007 30/05/2007 Fremantle Dampier 13 GA-2468_MD119 RV Marion Dufresne TSM 5265 IPEV 27/09/2000 31/9/2000 Surabaya Fremantle 14 GA-2476_WAMargins RV Sonne EM120 (12 kHz) GA 30/10/2008 12/01/2009 Singapore Cigading Ind 15 GA-4304_SST012010 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 29/03/2010 13/04/2010 Hobart Broome 16 GA-4313_SS042010 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 24/05/2010 26/05/2010 Pt Hedland Fremantle 17 GA-4318_SS052010 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 7/07/2010 26/07/2010 Fremantle Fremantle 18 GA-4325_SS062010 RV S.Surveyor EM300 (30 kHz) CSIRO 29/07/2010 30/07/2010 Fremantle Fremantle 19 GA-4340_HK11-01 RV Hakuho Maru Seabeam 2120 (20 kHz) GA/Tokyo U. 21/01/2011 22/01/2011 Fremantle Darwin