Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve - Major and trace elements of seabed sediments.

This resource contains geochemistry data for the Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea collected by Geoscience Australia during September and October 2012 on RV Solander (survey GA0339/SOL5650). This dataset comprises major and trace element concentrations in the upper 2 cm of seabed sediment. The Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve survey was undertaken as an activity within the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program Marine Biodiversity Hub and was the key component of Research Theme 4 - Regional Biodiversity Discovery to Support Marine Bioregional Plans. Hub partners involved in the survey included the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Geoscience Australia, the University of Western Australia, Museum Victoria and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Data acquired during the survey included: multibeam sonar bathymetry and acoustic backscatter; sub-bottom acoustic profiles; physical samples of seabed sediments, infauna and epibenthic biota; towed underwater video and still camera observations of seabed habitats; baited video observations of demersal and pelagic fish, and; oceanographic measurements of the water column from CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) casts and from deployment of sea surface drifters. Further information on the survey is available in the post-survey report published as Geoscience Australia Record 2013/38: Nichol, S.L., Howard, F.J.F., Kool, J., Stowar, M., Bouchet, P., Radke, L.,
Siwabessy, J., Przeslawski, R., Picard, K., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Colquhoun, J., Letessier, T. &
Heyward, A. 2013. Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea) Biodiversity Survey:
GA0339/SOL5650 - Post Survey Report. Record 2013/38. Geoscience Australia: Canberra. (GEOCAT #76658).

本数据集包含2012年9月至10月期间，由澳大利亚地质调查局（Geoscience Australia）搭乘索兰德号科考船（RV Solander）执行航次GA0339/SOL5650时，在帝汶海大洋沙洲英联邦海洋保护区（Commonwealth Marine Reserve, CMR）采集的地球化学数据。
本数据集涵盖了海底表层2厘米沉积物中的常量与微量元素含量数据。
本次大洋沙洲英联邦海洋保护区科考是澳大利亚政府国家环境研究计划海洋生物多样性中心（Marine Biodiversity Hub）下属项目的组成部分，同时也是研究主题4——"支撑海洋生物区划规划的区域生物多样性发现"的核心内容。
参与本次科考的合作方包括澳大利亚海洋科学研究所、澳大利亚地质调查局、西澳大利亚大学、维多利亚博物馆以及北领地博物馆与美术馆。
本次科考采集的数据包括：多波束声呐水深测量与声学背散射数据、海底次表层声学剖面数据、海底沉积物、底内动物及底上生物的实物样品、拖曳式水下视频与静态相机记录的海底生境观测资料、置饵视频记录的底层与中上层鱼类观测数据，以及通过温盐深剖面仪（CTD，Conductivity, Temperature, Depth）剖面测量与海面漂流浮标部署获取的水柱海洋学参数。
有关本次科考的更多详情可查阅澳大利亚地质调查局2013/38号科考后总结报告：Nichol S.L.、Howard F.J.F.、Kool J.、Stowar M.、Bouchet P.、Radke L.、Siwabessy J.、Przeslawski R.、Picard K.、Alvarez de Glasby B.、Colquhoun J.、Letessier T.与Heyward A.于2013年发表的《帝汶海大洋沙洲英联邦海洋保护区生物多样性科考：航次GA0339/SOL5650——科考后总结报告》（澳大利亚地质调查局报告2013/38，堪培拉：澳大利亚地质调查局，GEOCAT编号#76658）。