Timor Sea sediment core and surface sediment grab sample data (Western Australia and Northern Territory)
This dataset contains location data for surface sediment samples and cores from the Timor Sea, collected between November 1996 and June 2005. Associated datasets contain geochemistry and radiochemistry data for these samples.
- Determine the ecological importance of submarine seeps in the Timor Sea.2. Estimate the flux of greenhouse gases from the seafloor to the atmosphere.3. Determine variations in century and millennial scale burial rate of carbon (organic and carbonate), metals, and other signals of climate change and ENSO events.4. Test hypotheses about interactions of seep oil and methane with biota, and how this effects biodiversity in this region.5. Test geological predictions of the locations of submarine vents.6. Map and discover trends in locations of submarine seeps on the seafloor.
Data and resources
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Novel Alkane Hydroxylase Gene (alkB) Diversity in Sediments Associated with Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Timor Sea, Australia: Wasmund K, Burns KA, Kurtboke I and…HTML Open
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Microbial diversity in sediments associated with a shallow methane seep in the tropical Timor Sea of Australia reveals a novel aerobic methanotroph diversity:…HTML Open
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Sediment microbes of deep-sea bioherms on the northwest shelf of Australia: Johnson JE and Hill RT (2003) Sediment microbes of deep-sea bioherms on the…HTML Open
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Fluxes and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the Timor Sea ecosystem with special reference to active natural hydrocarbon seepage: Burns KA, Brinkman DL,…HTML Open
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Chemical oceanography of the Cartier Trough/Karmt Shoal of the Timor Sea margin: search for the seeps: Burns KA, Brunskill GJ, Zagorskis IE and Pfitzner J…HTML Open
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Pilot study of hydrocarbon fluxes around Halimeda mounds on the Sahul Shelf and in the Timor Sea: Burns KA, Brunskill GJ, Zagorskis IE and Hoj L (2003) Pilot…HTML Open
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Additional information
| Date (revision) | 2026-10-24 |
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| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | notPlanned |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |